On 7/24/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Gerald A</b> <<a href="mailto:geraldablists@gmail.com">geraldablists@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br><br><div><span class="q"><span class="gmail_quote">On 7/24/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Richard Reichenbacher</b> <<a href="mailto:richard5@email.arizona.edu" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
richard5@email.arizona.edu</a>> wrote:</span></span><span class="q"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
If they were interested in developing, they would follow the wiki as it is the<br>only source for finding development specs, cvs links, walkthroughs, etc.</blockquote></span><div><br>Flaw in your logic: One has to "post" to the wiki to follow it. I'm very sure you
<br>can follow a wiki and never post to it. So, your stats conclusions are on shaky<br>ground.<br></div><span class="q"><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
That's a pretty large amount of people that are going to want help building<br>openmoko and flashing it to the phone. I think a forum is a good idea for<br>now if anytime. If we can show that there is a great support base available
<br>for the phone this early on we can draw a much larger fan base later on.<br></blockquote></span></div><br>I think the idea is to get info out, in an easy to maintain way to as many people<br>as possible.<br><br>I despise forums. Some products require you to use them, so I have to. There are others that
<br>feel this same way.<br>Some despise mailing lists. C'est la vie.<br><br>I think the best thing would be to work on a way in which both groups could be<br>happy. A gateway between the mailing list and a forum might be the best of both
<br>worlds. Then again, maybe not. But it's something that we should be talking about,<br>rather then having a religious debate about forum vs. list.<br><br>Comments?<br><span class="sg"><br>Gerald.<br>
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<br>A gateway would not work. Forums and mailing lists are two quite
different means of communication. In a forum you can edit things, move
them, delete them. Also, discussing in a flat view doesn't only look different, it works differently. Also, if you connect both, you get all the trash that's ok in a forum because you can skip it sent to everyone in the mailing list.
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