7 Mar
2005
7 Mar
'05
8:08 a.m.
On Mon, 2005-03-07 at 09:45 -0600, David H. Barr wrote:
There are lots of obvious arguments *against* a web forum. I'm curious
to know what the supposed benefits are?
IMHO a mailing list wins out over a web forum any day, as does a usenet
group. The usual argument against mailing lists or usenet (typically) is
the sharing of images or other binary data, but it's not exactly hard to
stick the data on a temporary website somewhere and post a link to it.
>Assuming
the purpose of these lists is to disseminate and maintain
>knowledge related to classic computing before it disappears forever,
>which of the alternatives better serves to meet said goal?
Point taken, but that's an issue of backup.
There are lots of
ways to skin that cat. Export to ASCII if you like, and send
a backup copy of every message to another server. Via email if
you like.
Or, conversely, some interested party could take the time and effort
to develop a web interface to the pre-existing setup. Either way it's
a question of who bears the time cost of altering what we now have. I
lean toward the one that doesn't ask Jay to contribute more than he
already has.