On Jan 16, 13:21, Dwight K. Elvey wrote:
> >From: pete_at_dunnington.u-net.com
> >
> >On Jan 15, at various times, Jeffrey Sharp wrote:
> >
> >> In my quest to cover every aspect, to think about every permutation of
> >what
> >> ClassicCmp *could* be in the future, I have yet another question to
ask
> >> ClassicCmp subscribers: What if ClassicCmp were a weblog, in the style
of
> >> Slashdot or Kuro5hin?
> >
> >I have to add my vote to the many others who've said "NO!!!"
> >
> >> - Posting and reading of messages would be doable from a web
browser.
> >An
> >> email interface could be developed, but it wouldn't be the primary
> >> method of participation.
> >
> >I would hate that.
> >
> >> - You would have an account with a username and password.
> >
> >Right, I need another username/password (likely with different rules to
all
> >the rest) like I need another hole in my head :-)
> >
>
> ---snip---
>
> I see no particular advantage to using a browser for the
> use of this group. If one looks at the attempts with something
> as global as news groups, we would be quickly trashed with
> hundreds of "Please fix my PCee" stuff from those that have
> little interest in classic machines.
For those who weren't there, that was exactly what happened to
alt.computer.hardware.homebuilt. Skipping over the long tale of woe, the
upshot was that a new, moderated, group was created (comp.arch.hobbyist).
Sadly, that sees little traffic as the interested parties seem to have
moved to greener and more diverse pastures altogether (some of them, to
this list).
I hope we don't try to be an elitist mailing list, but lets not invite
trouble.
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
Received on Thu Jan 16 2003 - 17:44:48 GMT