On 2002-12-15 23:43, "Ashley Campbell" <awc2_at_andrew.cmu.edu> wrote:
> It seems that this sort of conversation has come up a few times
> recently.
>
> I personally don't know why people are so eager to get web forums.
> They're not good for reading, they're not good for posting, and they're
> typically not very good for portable devices. We already have busy
> newsgroups and a busy mailing list. I, personally, don't want to have
> to keep up with another source of content related to one of my hobbies.
> (I'm currently engaged in this debate with the owner of a NeXT web
> forum, despite the very nice comp.sys.next.* groups.)
>
> Could someone help me out with this? From where does the demand come?
Um...
Just because *you* like an email list better than web-based forums, doesn't
mean they're inherently evil.
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