Okay, I know this is off-topic, but since BBSes were mentioned, I should mention that I run one of these dinosaurs :) Have been now for about 15 years nonstop :) I even monitor the Fidonet DEBIAN echo.
On Sun, September 24, 2006 7:47 pm, Arthur Marsh said: > Paul Johnson wrote, On 2006-09-25 07:09: >> On Sunday 24 September 2006 14:16, Steve Lamb wrote: >>> Dave Sherohman wrote: >>>> So, what are the advantages of changing to a web forum which are so >>>> compelling that not wanting to give up the advantages of mail looks >>>> like >>>> fear of change? >>> None as far as I can tell. They're not properly threaded, there's >>> no >>> way to easily and effectively killfile people or subjects, there is no >>> filtering Webforums are to communications as email/newsgroups/BBSes >>> were in >>> the mid-80s. Why anyone would want to go back 20 years is beyond me. >> >> Even BBS's had offline QWK packet readers for offline message >> reading...those >> often had more features than the BBS's internal message reader, and got >> all >> the phone line tie ups out of the way in advance... >> > > ...and the Bluewave off-line reader and points... > > For a while BBS's drove demand for greater modem compatibility and > performance, and greater file compression performance. > > It was even BBS to BBS mail transfer problems I had traceable to network > echo cancellers not compliant with ITU-T Recommendation G.165 that > inspired my telephone company to upgrade their network echo cancellers. > > Back on topic, a web forum can be good if it is easy to find relevant > information (and gets indexed by Google et al) e.g. the broadband site > www.whirlpool.net.au which does have very active moderation. > > Given proper archiving (that is indexed by search engines), a collection > of mailing lists / newsgroups can enable rapid searching for relevant > information and a manageable way to keep up with new postings. > > Arthur. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Robert Wolfe, Linux and Network Admin net261.com | http://www.net261.com:85 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]