Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: Forums... again

> From my perspective, there are two major OpenOffice.org forums, and if you
ask me, right now, neither are very good alternatives.

The first is http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum. While it is a
community forum, it was set up back in 2007 on (then) Sun servers, which are
currently controlled by Oracle. Considering last week's announcement from
Oracle about turning OpenOffice.org over to the community, you have to
wonder how long Oracle will allow that forum to be hosted on their servers,
and if it gets booted off, where will it go?

The second is http://www.oooforum.org. The person who set it up wanted to
help support OpenOffice.org, but unfortunately, he has been largely absent
for years. It was dissatisfaction with the running of this forum that led
many moderators and users to fork and set up the previously mentioned forum.
The OOoForum is getting slammed with spam, and the software running the site
hasn't been updated in years (not since well before the 2007 split), not to
mention the fact that the userbase is not what it once was.

But I do believe that forums are generally easier for users than mailing
lists, but right now, I can't really recommend either of these alternatives.

Jason Corfman
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On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 3:11 PM, RGB ES <rgb.mldc@gmail.com> wrote:

> Well, even if I'd said that the ancient forums vs mailing lists war
> was not the point but *what people use*, the forums vs. mailing lists
> useless fight came again...
> At first I was tempted to refer how the English forums have near 200
> new message each day and talk about the madness it would be to receive
> near 200 mails each day. I was tempted to talk about how I'm giving
> on-line support to users since a long time (I started using computers
> more than 25 years ago) and justify the fact that I know quite well
> the advantages and disadvantages of every possible communication
> system in use for the last 20 years... Many things...
> But I'm giving up.
> Have a nice day!
> And don't worry to answer me, I'm unsubscribing from the mailing list.
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