On Thu, Nov 04, 2004 at 03:25:17PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Herouth Maoz wrote: > >Wrong. What I wrote, I meant in the context of a mailing list. An example > >of > >messages which are relevant today but will not be tomorrow: job offers. > >They > >are allowed on the list, but there is no reason for archiving them and > >they may > >even mislead people. > > I'm not taking position on the general argument - but I have a counter > example for this particular one - I use specific Linux forums similar > to linux-il to gather names of companies which would be relevant for job > hunting or general Linux related business and archiving of messages > about job postings are very useful for this purpose (not necessarily the > position itself, but it gives away something about the Linux/FOSS > requirements of a business). > > (no, I don't intend to spam those companies, just approach the > relevant people if and when I'm in the right position).
I must say I completely agree. I treat mailing list archives somewhat the same as good software - you can never know how it will be used. And the fact that they are mechanically-manipulatable makes them somewhat like OpenSource. Just as with software, this also does not mean it's allowed - if it is, it's also like Free Software, but it does not have to be (as already discussed here). Just another example: Some time ago someone here created a fortunes file based on old quotes of Marc The Terrible. At the time, many people would have probably said such messages are useless. -- Didi ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
