Re: ADMINISTRIVIA: Final transition of Oracle-L mailing list

I've got no time (and no will) to check the miriad of forums. The email format concentrates everything in one place (email reader) without requiring me to browse every thread in every forum. Much more efficient in my eyes ;)

"much more functionality" is a common marketing blurb to push products - but what functionality do you really need, besides reading what is discussed? It seems to me that the extra functionality is more often than not directed at slipping ads in... oh, and forums are nothing else than glorified bulletin boards - they are anything but modern.

my 1ct.

Cheers,
Tony

On 06/03/14 01:22, Rich Jesse wrote:
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>> My career has significantly benefited from this list. I thank Steve and &
>> his successor for carrying on the mission. I would like to ask, though, why
>> not convert it to a forum vs. an email list. It is modern, more efficient,
>> and offers much more functionality.
> I prefer email lists *MUCH* more. Every forum requires a separate login,
> each with their own username/password/hint rules. Some aren't
> mobile-friendly, either. This isn't very efficient (well, for me at least).
> Email OTOH is a very handy consolidation of forums, yet still offers
> threading and other management. I also prefer the "push" delivery of email
> versus the requirement to "pull" from forums.
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> I'm on one forum that happens to duplicate to email. Best of both worlds
> perhaps, but there's an expense involved in the maintenance and hosting.
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> Part of my $.02 anyway... :)
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