Re: Google groups announcement.

Mark Bole <makbo_at_pacbell.net> wrote in message news:<dZZ0d.18674$1J1.16900_at_newssvr27.news.prodigy.com>...
> Joel Garry wrote:
>
> > All:
> >
> > Saw the google groups beta, created a group called Oracle Server.
> > Naturally, I created it with my defunct email, so mail to the groups
> > owner will go unread. Oopsie!
> >
> > Don't know how well it will work, as I got a page not found error
> > during creation, but it did get created.
> >
> > Oracle-Server_at_googlegroups.com for email access. It seems you can do
> > it like oracle-l, web access or email access. The google policy is no
> > commercial postings!
> >
> > Enjoy!
> >
> > jg
> > --
> > @home.com is bogus.
> > One organism, One newsgroup! Papoon for President!
>
> I went, I saw, I joined. Not much activity... :-(.

Well, yeah, I posted that right after I created it! Have already found several bugs, not the least of which was it didn't get added to the the group search lists (or maybe it just doesn't display right to the owner). But I don't expect it to get much use until some hot-button issue drives people there, and that might be a while :-) No deadlines means no worries. Suggestions solicited.

>
> Having used Yahoo! Groups for a non-profit, non-computer related
> activity before, I checked there for comparison. I was pleasantly
> surprised to find hundreds of Oracle-related groups, many with hundreds
> or thousands of members. Google has a long way to go to match the
> maturity and functionality of Yahoo! Groups, especially since Yahoo!
> bought the technology of some other group-servicing company a few years
> back (I forget their name). And I don't think the ads are much more
> intrusive than on Google.

Funny, I forgot my password there for several years, got negative help from support, one day logged on and it worked. I think they did a couple of rounds of resetting things without telling anyone. I also have another account that I've never been able to reset, they just make it too much work and you go round and round in circles with them (I think I created it when I worked somewhere, but I'm not sure where).

>
> Nothing wrong with some competition and diversity though, thanks for
> taking the time to set it up.

The issues involved with long-term access to the internet are far from resolved.

jg

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