RE: We need a forum!

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Jason Murdick wrote:
> A wiki is really not what Michael was suggesting, if I may be 
> so bold as to
> interpret his initial post.
> 
> He is suggesting a real forum, with threads that are organized, user
> accounts, and a real search utility. Something such as phpBB 
> if I am not
> mistaken.
> 
> I would have to agree with him. I'm not a big fan of mailing lists,
> preferring discussion boards instead.

I find mailing lists convenient in that they are essentially passive. I
don't have to routinely check the forum, hitting F5 every 5 minutes for new
posts. It's all "automatic" with a mailing list. Besides, your mail client
is a lot more featureful than a BB could be (I'm not an avid BB user, so I
am open to correction) for instance sorting and filtering.

As for Michael's comment about all this knowledge being "lost", the mailing
lists are mirrored on the web.

Perhaps the answer is to make the web archives more functional? That's my
two cents.

Regards
--
Jonathan Jacobs
Developer