I'd agree (and raised this in an email about 2 weeks ago). I'm
interested in the area, but currently work for an organisation that
isn't going to pay for membership. I also wouldn't read the archives....
I don't really see why it should be restricted; having more members is
not really more expensive (as it might be with a paper-based mailing
list). If the problem is that there are people whom you don't want on
the list/ flamers/ troll-merchants/ etc. then develop a procedure to
kick them off, rather than excluding everyone else.
Frankly, I don't see any real upside in restricting the membership, but
I might be missing something.
Matt
Miller, Michael D (Rosetta) wrote:
hi all,
i've also been lurking, even more so than phil. priorities prevent me
from being more active but without access to this list i would not be
the proponent of SW at my work that i am.
(if the list is restricted, will public be removed from the list name?)
cheers,
michael
Michael Miller
Lead Software Developer
Rosetta Biosoftware Business Unit
www.rosettabio.com
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Phillip Lord
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 1:20 AM
To: W3C HCLSIG hcls
Subject: Re: The W3C mailing lists will be limited to
interest group participants.
"MS" == Matthias Samwald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
MS> Jonathan wrote:
>>> The W3C mailing lists will be limited to interest group
>>> participants.
>>
>> You mean public-semweb-lifesci@w3.org, for example?
MS> According to the last conference call, this might also apply to
MS> this mailing list. How many people are subscribed to
this mailing
MS> list at the moment, and how many of these will be 'kicked out'
MS> when the membership policy is enforced?
It also depends on whether "limited" means reading or posting or both.
I've been a highly active lurker (erm...) on this list for years and
find it very useful for this.
I wouldn't read it through public archives. Email or bust.
Phil
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