[mb-users] A ML... and a forum!?

[Frederic Da Vitoria]

2006/12/7, Lukáš Lalinský <lalinsky at gmail.com>:
> mll  wrote / napísal(a):
> > OK, in order to use all the good stuff said here, and also in order to
> > actually *reach* a common decision, thanks for helping me to gather all
> > what's been said in a synthetic way at
> > http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/MailingListsComparedToForums.
> >
> > I already tried to fill it with what I could remember of, but of course I
> > _am_ biaised, so full-MLL partisans, please voice your *factual* and
> > *objective* point of views there. :)
>
> I think you can't compare mailing lists and web forums this way. They are
> different kind of medium. Both are good solutions, but for different problems. I
> can't imagine people doing serious discussion on forums, and at the same time I
> can't imagine MB newbies asking questions why this and that doesn't work on
> mailing lists. No-subscribe-MLs would help in this, but I'm not sure how much
> would be people not used to mailing lists able to keep addresses in CC, etc.

I don't think the question is really comparing them to find out which
is the better. I see it as comparing them to find what should be
changed so that those who prefer one of them won't miss what happens
on the other.

-- 
Frederic Da Vitoria