Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] Re: [Consortium] Re: [a-users] New Linux forum on Sound on Sound site
From: Steve Harris (S.W.Harris_AT_ecs.soton.ac.uk)
Date: Wed Jun 16 2004 - 11:11:35 EEST
On Tue, Jun 15, 2004 at 03:14:57 -0700, davidrclark_AT_earthlink.net wrote:
> Pete,
>
> You're not the only one who prefers forums to mailing lists. I agree with
> you on "say stuff and read stuff." I also don't care at all for the
> archive software that is used, for example, for this mailing list in
> comparison to forum software that I have used. It's one more thing that
> makes mailing lists look to me like an anachronism.
Wow. I wasn't actually aware that there are people who prefer forums
(really). The key thing to me for mailing lists is that you dont have to
think about which bits you last read, they just turn up, in a mail folder,
and you dont accidentally miss an interesting discussion because you
forgot to check the forum website for a week.
My memory is not good enough to remmeber what forum threads and messages I
have read otherwise. Also the time take to compose a typical forum message
is massivly higher than replying to a list - though that way be a point in
forum's favour ;)
- Steve
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