Web forums (was Re: [sclug] Members Home pages.)

Simon Huggins huggie at earth.li
Sat Oct 25 09:05:47 UTC 2003


On Fri, Jul 11, 2003 at 10:57:16AM +0100, Leon Ward wrote:
> > Replacing mailing lists with web forums is in my opinion a crap idea
> > frankly.  They might have their uses for commenting on small things
> > or throw away news style sites put not for serious discussion and
> > linux support.
> I don't think the word "replace" was ever mentioned or intended to be
> brought up. 
> There can be no replacement for the usefulness of this mail list.

Oh no, I agree but David Ginger said:

	That would enable one to continue this debate as a thread and
	let it evolve..

which is why I thought of replacement.


Simon.

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