> -----Original Message----- > From: Frank Mayhar [mailto:frank at exit.com] > Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 2:38 PM > To: Jim Millen > Cc: 'Jason *Jaxel* Axelrod'; 'Matthew Klahn'; 'SKZB List' > Subject: Re: Mailing list vs. forum (was: warning to newbies) > > > Jim Millen wrote: > > rec.arts.sf.written.steven-brust, perhaps? > > Sure, do a CFV. I won't subscribe, though. > > > Although this is certainly a busy list, not entirely sure there is > > enough interest to justify newsgroup creation. Worth a poll for > > opinions though. > > Typically, with the sole exception of the Risks Digest, creation of a > newsgroup to replace a mailing list has spelled the doom of the > mailing list. > > You want a newsgroup, gateway the mailing list into a local one. Don't > force the rest of us into the same situation. > > And can we please drop the MAC-versus-PC and forum-versus-mailing list > arguments. Oh, not to mention the crap about how Outlook is wonderful > and text-based mailers are obsolete. I'm using a text-based mailer > (and editing this in vi) RIGHT NOW. > > Sure, the arguments about who Mario isn't and whether Paarfi has yet been > sliced into little pieces by Aliera can be tiresome, but at least they > are ON TOPIC. > > Feh, indeed. > -- In my opinion, the list is fine the way it is, though Steve obviously has the vote to carry. Truly I say to you that the words are what are important to me, and not how they get to me. I did not mean to start a flame war (it was fun though). It was just a cookie in a .sig, and I have since removed^W^W modified it. This weeks guess: Paarfi is Mario. After all, who better to deliver disinformation? W All your MACs are belong to us