RE: [PEAR] English PEAR Forum
| From: | Mike Carter | Date: | Thu, 22 Apr 2004 18:11:24 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PEAR] English PEAR Forum | ||
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Justin Patrin [mailto:papercrane@reversefold.com]
>
> Daniel Kopp wrote:
>
> > Hi!
> >
> > I would still very much prefer a real newsgroup. (maybe it
> would be a very
> > good idea already to make the existing newsgroup open to posts)
> > All programming languages use Newsgroups and it is much
> more flexible and -
> > I know that I am the only one who is really interested in
> that now - it is
> > possible to use offline and by that much cheaper ... (Yes -
> there are some
> > weird people in this world that still do not have a flatrate)
> >
> > Regards
> > Daniel
>
> I don't know what you mean about posting not working. This
> message is a
> post to the newsgroup. ;-)
The problem with Newsgroups is the spam, and email harvesting that goes on.
And then there was the virus outbreak on pear-general recently too.
Something a web-based forum is immune to at least.
- Mike C.
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