On Sun, 2011-10-09 at 12:32 -0700, Gregory Youngblood wrote: > On Oct 9, 2011, at 11:38 AM, Ken Gunderson wrote: > > > On Sun, 2011-10-09 at 02:51 -0400, Richard L. Hamilton wrote: > >> On Oct 8, 2011, at 9:49 PM, Josef 'Jeff' Sipek wrote: > >> > >>> On Sat, Oct 08, 2011 at 06:35:57PM -0600, LinuxBSDos.com wrote: > >>>>>> As Bernd Helber remarked, forums can play a significant role in Linux > >>>>>> distributions, as they allow users to "have conversations". It would be > >>>>>> great if an initiative to create one for OI could be started. > >>>>> > >>>>> I agree that forums are more user-friendly when you're searching for > >>>>> an answer that already exists. However, I find mailing lists easier to > >>>>> interact with and reply to on a regular basis. I think the reason the > >>>>> OpenSolaris forums worked so well is that each forum also had a > >>>>> mailing list bridged with it, so you got the best of both worlds (easy > >>>>> search and easy participation). My request would be the the mailing > >>>>> lists not be dumped in favor of forums, but rather set up as another > >>>>> way of participating with the forums. > >>>> > >>>> I didn't call for abandoning the mailing list, rather for setting up > >>>> something that is more community-oriented. > >>>> > >>>> So, who's gonna make the decision? > >>> > >>> I think that having a bridge between the two would be great. Either way, > >>> we > >>> could set up some experimental thing and see if it works. > >>> > >>> Jeff. > >> > >> I must be old-fashioned, but I find an NNTP server easier than forums (and > >> less junk accumulating on my mail server). Seamonkey has an adequate > >> reader, although I prefer knews. Those have nice threading, killfiles, > >> etc. And they're usually _much_ faster and less problems than a web forum. > > > > +1!!! > > > > Sad that newer generation seems to have missed this very useful protocol > > - indeed, as some have argued, "the original groupware". > > Yes. as I said in a previous message, it seems the new generation of > "internet" users are really "web" users. If it's not on the web it's doesn't > really count. Sad.
Yet I have NEVER gone to e.g. FreeBSD forums for an answer. Maybe they got some good people there. I don't know. But I DO know that the lists are where the true experts hang out. Now if all you need is someone to point you to /etc or something.... ??? The point is that it depends a lot on the particular community. And it's goals. OpenBSD, for example, has now desires for world domination and could care less whether I eat their dog food or not. -- Regards-- Ken Gunderson _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
