Re: [BackupPC-users] wiki and forums

[Rob O. <ro...@bi...>]

dan wrote:
> im on the other side of the argument. i like forums as they are capable of
> attracting people that would not want the 'full involvement' of a mailing
> list.  i also dont like the mixing of a mailling list and a forum, i think
> they both have their place and are both very good at servicing their target
> audience.  i would not suggest displacing the mailing list with a forum,
> just have both.  obviously some people will not use the forums and some will
> not use the mailing list.
> 

But then you would have 2 separate repositories of information.  Users
would need to read both in order to get *all* the information, but
they're also likely to find much duplicated information in the two
repositories.

-Rob

> i think that the wiki is something that should be setup first though and the
> politics of a forum can come later
> 
> On 10/10/07, Paul Fox <pg...@fo...> wrote:
>> doug wrote:
>>> dan wrote:
>>>> just curious, why not visit forums?
>>>>
>>> Requires yet another thing to sign into, another place I have to go to.
>>> Mailing lists come to me, makes it easier to archive.  When the network
>> there seems to be a vacuum in the open-source world for a forum
>> package that properly integrates mailing list access.  yahoo groups
>> seems to have actually gotten it right.  (except for the advertising.  :-)
>>
>> paul
>> =---------------------
>> paul fox, pg...@fo... (arlington, ma, where it's 51.8degrees)
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