[mapguide-users] New web site - Forums or Mailing Lists?

[Andy Morsell]

I'd be OK with the mailing lists as long as the archive is conducive to
doing research, especially for new users.  Then, maybe the forums are only
for "sticky" items and FAQ's that are placed there by admins only, much as
it appears now.  I'm looking at the mailing list archive (from this
morning's messages) on the By Thread tab and seeing that the messages are
not threaded correctly.
 

Andy


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From: Jason Birch [mailto:Jason.Birch at nanaimo.ca] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 8:38 AM
To: users at mapguide.osgeo.org
Subject: RE: [mapguide-users] New web site - Forums or Mailing Lists?


I really prefer mailing lists.  I hate going to multiple sources, for the
same reason that I use a blog aggregator instead of visiting each site.
With so much going on right now, I like to be able to set up a filter and
then quickly run through the messages when I get a second.
 
I understand where Andy's coming from with the research perspective, but
from an active participation point of view email is far easier and less
intrusive.
 
Is it possible to gateway the mailing list to a forum?  And/or create an RSS
feed for the forums?
 
Jason

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From: Andy Morsell [mailto:amorsell at spatialgis.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 08:28
To: users at mapguide.osgeo.org
Subject: [mapguide-users] New web site - Forums or Mailing Lists?


With the new web site, there is now a discussion forums section.  Right now
there are two sections, but I assume more will be added.  Will the forums be
the preferred way for general developer and user discussions or will this
email list continue to be the primary method?  I would prefer the forums be
the main repository for discussion as I find them much easier to do research
on historic topics due to their threaded nature.  I know there are all kinds
of opinions on this, but it seems like there should be one or the other.
 
Also, are the older mse-users mailing list archives going to be migrated
into the current archives?
 
Andy Morsell, P.E. 
Spatial Integrators, Inc. 
http://www.SpatialGIS.com 

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