> All I can say is that Mailman is a non-profit open > source project, run by a group of people in whatever spare > time they can manage to scrape together. > > The Linux folks haven't cracked the ease-of-use aspects > of their OS compared to Microsoft, not even for the companies > that are spending large quantities of money to try to make > that happen. We're a much, much smaller group, and although > this is also a smaller target, I don't see us being likely to > succeed in this area where the Linux folks have not. > > If someone wanted to pay large sums of money to make an > open source Yahoo! Groups-beating package, and pay people to > work on that as their full-time job, we might be able to > change this situation -- in time.
Brad, We've previously had conversations about some Yahoo groups functionality which you said wasn't possible: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq04.039.htp Yesterday I contributed patches which enables Mailman to have this exact functionality which we borrowed from Yahoo Groups. Yet I've seen no response from you yet, and only one half dismissive response from another mailman developer. Mailman CAN be as good - and better - than Yahoo Groups. It doesn't have to take lots of money and resources. Just being willing to accept our code a piece at a time, and encouraging those who contribute will go a long way towards getting there. There may be some disagreement on the unsubscribe styff, but the header/footer handling only benefits everyone. I certainly hope that the mailman team will be responsive, and accept these patches and integrate them into the codebase. From my side we'll do whatever it takes to make that happen. Just tell us what we have to do. Adrian _______________________________________________ Mailman-Developers mailing list Mailman-Developers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-developers Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-developers/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp
