minor list changes

[Jules Richardson]

On Mon, 2005-03-07 at 09:45 -0600, David H. Barr wrote:
> > >Assuming the purpose of these lists is to disseminate and maintain
> > >knowledge related to classic computing before it disappears forever,
> > >which of the alternatives better serves to meet said goal?
> 
> > Point taken, but that's an issue of backup.  There are lots of
> > ways to skin that cat.  Export to ASCII if you like, and send
> > a backup copy of every message to another server.  Via email if
> > you like.
> 
> Or, conversely, some interested party could take the time and effort
> to develop a web interface to the pre-existing setup.  Either way it's
> a question of who bears the time cost of altering what we now have.  I
> lean toward the one that doesn't ask Jay to contribute more than he
> already has.

There are lots of obvious arguments *against* a web forum. I'm curious
to know what the supposed benefits are?

IMHO a mailing list wins out over a web forum any day, as does a usenet
group. The usual argument against mailing lists or usenet (typically) is
the sharing of images or other binary data, but it's not exactly hard to
stick the data on a temporary website somewhere and post a link to it.