interesting debate nothing against forums really - they are useful - esp when in trouble and google more often than not directs tech / software related discussions to some forum discussion.
That said the distinct advantage of mailing lists is information is delivered to ones doorstep (literally like a daily news paper) one chooses then whether to read the whole or sections and to flag relevant topics to follow up. Am part of a few forums - ubuntu, mozilla forum, linux for you, digit and some more but i rarely go there - why because on my bandwidht (and connection consistency) i just want my mails downloaded and thats it - and then i can read at my leisure. Forums don't ( i think offer that peace of mind ) one has to be on line and monitoring key areas. Sure not being on a forum may result in not gaining valuable insights but thats the cost i pay to have th flexibility to participate at my time and pace. So ideally if forums can deliver to the doorstep - why not BUT the massive content that is generated on various forums seems to preclude that - not to mention the horrendous amount of traffic on the net. Personally i will stick to mailing lists but am not averse to visiting and subcribing to relevant forums (though in the latter my participation is very nearly zilch) regards ram
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