minor list changes

Patrick Finnegan pat at computer-refuge.org
Mon Mar 7 09:49:25 CST 2005


On Monday 07 March 2005 09:32, John Foust wrote:
> At 08:28 AM 3/7/2005, David H. Barr wrote:
> >> >> Why the emotional attraction to a mailing list as opposed to
> >> >> the web?
> >> >
> >> >Because the web is shit for just about everything?
> >>
> >> That would explain its unpopularity, of course.
> >
> >If it's popular, it *must* be right.
>
> Given the task at hand, given the needs of the users, given the
> recently described hassles, is mailing-list technology the best
> design and solution for this task?

YES. :)

Pat
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