On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 02:48:27PM -0400, Kevin Dean wrote: > Some people REALLY like mailing lists and some people REALLY like > fora and never the twain shall meet. :P
Personally, I don't believe this: to me, it sounds entirely feasible to create a 'discussion thread respository' which can be accessed with a web forum interface, a mailinglist interface or an NNTP client. I fail to see the fundamental difference. (of course, there's already gatewaying software like GMANE, some forums already have quite extensive mail features and some mailinglist softwares have added some interactivity to their 'archive'. I don't feel I've seen it 'done right' yet, though, with a central 'message repository' and several interfaces which are all 'first class citizens'. As a hobby project, I started implementing this. I'm currently thinking of a Java web app with a Hibernate database (postgres/mysql), and Subethamail serves as an inspiration. This is *way* pre-alpha, but if anyone would like to cooperate, drop me a note :). Arnout _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community