At Tue, 15 Jun 2004 15:14:57 -0700, davidrclark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > You're not the only one who prefers forums to mailing lists. I > agree with you on "say stuff and read stuff." I also don't care at > all for the archive software that is used, for example, for this > mailing list in comparison to forum software that I have used. It's > one more thing that makes mailing lists look to me like an > anachronism. Yeah, one point in favor of mailing lists that I've seen bandied about is their superiority for archival purposes. I suppose if you're the one doing the archiving, this is true, but I have yet to see any forum software in modern use that sucks half as bad as digging through mailing lists archives online. > It's probably true that we're in a minority, but that may be only > because many people that would have joined a forum won't join > mailing lists. I almost didn't join this one, and every week I > reconsider that decision, especially because I'm not that active as > a user of other's software rather than my own. Like it or not, if it's linux and it's audio, the lists are the place to be. However, you raise an interesting possibility, and I'm not a fan of sitting on my ass and whining. So... http://www.gazuga.net/board I'll add a link to the site proper shortly after I finish writing this email. Let's see if this goes somewhere. -Pete
