On Monday 18 February 2008 09:13, jdd wrote:
I know this is an already discussed story, but this one was *not* discused in deep and I think it's more and more necessary.
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I'd support replacing these mailing lists with bulleting boards but not with news. I have become very frustrated with mail distribution lists. Mail software is crappy, users are careless, thoughtless and slothful. Because Internet connectivity and speed have improved a lot in recent years (even here in the U.S.) I feel that on-line bulletin-boards are a far preferable medium for user communities and forums. The quality of Web-based BBS software varies (as with any class of software, of course), but there are good alternatives. Personally, I'm happy with PHP-BB. The one used by JetBrains (formerly IntelliJ, the publishers of the IDEA Java IDE) is pretty good. I'm sure there are others that are adequate, as well. News, on the other hand, is antiquated and dilapidated and really cannot be made into a better system than it is.
jdd
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