On 3/19/07, Philip Wyett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 18/03/07, Chris Rowson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I checked out the ubuntuforums.org earlier today to see whether or not > > there was a UK LoCo section there. > > > > I was a little surprised to read that the mailing list had voted not > > to have a presence at ubuntuforums.org and I have a little difficulty > > understanding why. > > > > Surely in this day and age, forums are a viable alternative to mailing > > lists, and even preferable in some situations. I wondered if the > > decision to opt out of ubuntuforums.org was influenced by a fear of > > such a presence damaging the usage of the mailing list. > > > > Whilst I can see why this might be a slap in the face to people who > > have invested so much time into building up the mailing list, surely > > if people would prefer to communicate through the forums, it'd be a > > good idea to use them and 'grow' the community. > > > > I am - I know making the assumption that people prefer forums, but I > > think in general this assumption seems to be true. Where mailing lists > > are the mainstay of open source and linux communication I think forums > > would give the group a higher profile and encourage a far greater > > interaction with the community. > > > > Does anyone else agree or am I alone? Is there any harm in requesting > > a UK LoCo forum? > > > > Chris > > I have been asked why I do not help folks in the forums of another OSS > project > I develop for before and this was my general answer: > > 'I can filter and manage inbound mail far easier than browsing forums and > more > often than not I can pick and choose what to look at higher speeds on my > local drive > using searches rather than in a forum where I am held back by > server/connection speeds. > It is also far easier to track my responses via sent mail items rather than > trying to > track anything on a forum.' > > Time is also a massive issue. Personally I have bill paying work, OSS work > and what I a > laughingly call a life away from computers (a beer or ten occasionally :-D). > So reading so many > messages across many support platforms just ain't feasible! > > Regards > > Phil > > Phil I"m happy with this list provided it stays in its present form. Had a look at Gmane and don't like it. Robin > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ > >
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