-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 14/05/2012 19:30, Daniel Colascione wrote: > On 5/14/12 11:12 AM, Ken Jackson wrote: >> ==== Mon, May 14, 2012 at 01:46PM -0400 LMH wrote: >>> As an aside, I've wondered for some time why this group is a mailing >>> list and not a vBulletin type forum. >> >> I second the motion. >> > > No. > > Mailing lists are infinitely easier to filter, archive, and read. I > have my choice of client. Email supports cryptographic authentication. [...] > No, please, let's stick with email. If you'd rather access the list > using a forum-style interface, consider gmane. (Note that you can > access an email list as a "forum", but not a "forum" as an email > list.)
I wholeheartedly agree. Let's stick with email. > Really, the "forum" model is a humongous step backward from the state > of the art of the 1980s. Indeed. It needn't be like this, forums could be so much better, but they are not. - -- MarkR PGP public key: http://www.signal100.com/markr/pgp Key ID: C9C5C162 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk+xWI4ACgkQJQGogsnFwWLWiwCgnj6LN6wsz9EEtpy+FW3esKTM 7TEAnjXXeCi18n+r9KdVVsyl5WCP1Qc9 =qoms -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
