On Wed, Jan 25, 2006 at 03:25:30PM +0100, Sonja Krause-Harder wrote:
Which solution would you prefer (including those not in my list)?
I know I'm asking quite a complex question here ;-)
I personaly myself am not that much interested in a forum. A lot of people rather use a forem, so I think we should really look into it. Perhaps it would be wise to know what the advatages and disadvatages are of both having and not having a official forum. Also it would be nice to know what the maintainers of the larger Linux forums are thinking about this, so ask them. :-) It could be that the reason of existence is that they were made because there was no official one. Then they might be willing to move what they have over to you or help with building and maintaining the forum. As you do not want to take resources away, how are you going to moderate? Will you let others do this? For me personally the ideal solution would be an integrated system of usenet, email and forum. Let me explain. There is software available that can convert usenet and email. There also is software that handles usenet as a forum (e.g groups.google) Subscribtion will be needed for posting, reading will be possible without subscribing, just as this would be done with the mailinglist and a forum. People will then have the choice to pick their favorite choice. There also is a HUGE disadvatage: quoting. In Email and on Usenet messages are generaly included. On Forums this often is not the case. (A reason why I dislike forums) houghi -- ... at least I thought I was dancing, 'til somebody stepped on my hand. -- J. B. White