Re: Re: Move internals discussion to a better medium

> Am 04.08.2015 um 19:47 schrieb Stephen Coakley <me@stephencoakley.com>: > >> [...] > > My thought is that no, a number of people don't know what a mailing list is (obviously no > one in here already), but everyone knows what a forum is. The web is everywhere and is taking over > the world, whereas mailing lists are not. I'm not saying we should jump on the bandwagon, but > that a forum (or other web-based system) has a "lower barrier" because people already > understand that barrier. You are right though, it makes no difference to someone who understands > neither mailing lists nor forums. > > My only real beef with the current system is this: > > - Don't mind tons of email -> mailing list > - Do mind tons of email -> really old news server > > Not a problem for those who don't mind tons of email, but if you do, you need to get a > client for a really old protocol. Can we please stop this nonsense abot protocol age? I mean HTTP is not much younger than NNTP (1986 to 1989) and the latest RFC for NNTP is from 2009 so not really that old. In my eyes this whole discussion about "lowering the entry barrier" is in the end a discussion about "let's bring it all to HTTP". The internet is so much more than HTTP. And the internet is so much more than an implementation of that protocol by any service provider be it google or yahoo or whatnot. Cheers Andreas -- Andreas Heigl andreas@heigl.org