List v. Forum

Andy Hilton andyh at totallybrilliant.com
Mon Dec 30 17:15:23 EST 2013


Andrew

> A forum relies on the someone hosting and maintaining 
> it. 

Yes - as does this list :)

So I say a hearty cheer to all who do maintain and host it - without you guys we would be wallowing in a forum somewhere - yuk !!

HNY to all

Andy

On Dec 30, 2013, at 4:50 PM, Andrew Pavey <andrew at spelean.com.au> wrote:

> I Like 'THE LIST". I've been reading it since the days it was hosted 
> on lanl.gov. I currently have a series of Eudora mailboxes containing 
> all the posts since '96. It is valuable resource, always at my 
> fingertips.  A forum relies on the someone hosting and maintaining 
> it. The current system allows us all to archive the messages as we 
> see fit.  If it ain't broke don't fix it.
> 
> Attracting developers to  Omnis is not the job of the list 
> contributors. TL could provide a more easily discoverable link to the 
> list. Our job is to help each other including new developers.
> 
> and Happy New Year to All from the sunny south.
> 
> Andrew Pavey
> 
> At 10:25 AM -0700 30/12/13, Doug Easterbrook wrote:
> 
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>> I've always liked the list approach -- it is like getting a daily 
>> post of items that are specific to my community.   I can (and do) 
>> store them in my email folders and I can search them offline at any 
>> time ---  I find that useful.   and I find our list intimate
>> 
>> Forums -- you have to 'go' to them and I've never found a forum that 
>> was particularly organized in any effective manner.   Always 
>> billions of questions, billions of threads and finding what you want 
>> -- not easy.   Just been my experience..... its been too hard to see 
>> a linear thread of the topics of the particular day.
>> 
>> 
>> that being said --- I can live with whatever the group decides. 
>> all that I ask is that we stick to having the list/forum on one 
>> place.   There may be advantages to having it on something like 
>> stack overflow (as an example) ---  because it could cause others to 
>> wonder what this thing called studio is.  Might be good,  might not.
>> 
>> just -- whatever is decided --  please lets pick one place.
>> 
>> 
>> Doug Easterbrook
>> Arts Management Systems Ltd.
>> mailto:doug at artsman.com
>> http://www.artsman.com
>> Phone (403) 536-1205    Fax (403) 536-1210
>> 
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