Re: Opinions on Usenet ...

Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>
> Gavin Sherry wrote:
> > On Mon, 29 Nov 2004, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > If there were a comp.databases.postgresql.hackers newsgroup created and
> > > carried by all the news servers ... would you move to using it vs using
> > > the mailing lists?
> > >
> > > The USENET community seems to think that there would be a mass exodus from
> > > the lists to usenet ... based on past discussions concerning moving some
> > > stuff out of email to stuff like bug trackers, I don't believe this to be
> > > the case, but am curious what the opinion of other developers happens to
> > > be ... would a USENET group actually be preferrable?
> >
> > No.
>
> Yes ... well, actually ... no. I just wanted to be different. :-)

Personally, I'd frequent whichever venue had the most utility. That
being said: I much prefer the Usenet mechanism over either mailing
lists or web-based bulletin-boards for non-real-time group
discussions.

Jim