On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 05:44:33PM +0100, Adam Spiers wrote: > Pittaro, Michael ([email protected]) wrote: > > On 10/10/2013 12:09 PM, Judd Maltin wrote: > > > It's come to light that the current manager of the mailing list > > > software is no longer available, and that the process of changing the > > > list to suit our needs (and any needs that may arise) would take > > > months of work. [..] > > > > In my experience, users often prefer a forum style interface over a > > mailing list. If we investigate alternatives, I think we should > > consider a forum as an option. > > > > Anyone else think forum might be preferable ? > > <rant mode='opinionated'> > > Sorry, but I can't stand forums. I don't think I've ever witnessed a > forum which managed the same signal:noise ratio as a decent mailing > list. IMHO their fundamental flaws include:
[.. lot's of good arguments for using mailing lists instead of forums ..] > Admittedly it's unlikely Crowbar threads would ever grow this big. > But I still can't see a single good reason for switching from a > mailing list. Again, if I'm missing something crucial, I'd love to > hear it. > > </rant> I completely agree with this. And would really like to stay with a mailing list instead of a forum. -- Ralf _______________________________________________ Crowbar mailing list [email protected] https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/crowbar For more information: http://crowbar.github.com/
