Why not use forum?

Andy Powell openmoko at automated.it
Fri Jun 13 18:10:24 CEST 2008


On Friday 13 June 2008 13:07, Crane, Matthew wrote:
> Sure it does.  And maybe we can start emailing around DVD images just to
> make sure we're wasting as much bandwidth as possible.
>
> Matt
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) [mailto:raster at openmoko.org]
> Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 9:00 PM
> To: List for Openmoko community discussion
> Cc: Crane, Matthew
> Subject: Re: Why not use forum?
>
>
> On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:41:29 -0400 "Crane, Matthew"
> <mcrane03 at harris.com>
>
> babbled:
> > Plus, forums usually have provisions for storage and selective
> > notifications.
>
> you mail client doesn't store your email? wow! :)

Matt,

there's a lot more crap transferred when using a forum (graphics + html + the 
actual message) than when using a mail client. The main disadvantage is that 
you have to be online to read a forum. For email you don't. 

Your DVD comment is irrelavant.

-- 

Andy / ScaredyCat

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