Re: Discourse

[Tim's Bitstream]



This has been a fascinating discussion bringing up many aspects I would not 
have thought about, having no background in mailing list administration or 
managing an online forum. The discussion of blocked access in some countries 
was eye-opening for me as I did not know that happened.  Blocking access to 
music engraving software hardly seems like it could promote any goals for 
"international security" in any way.

Personally, I find the email based method clunky and inconvenient, even 
anachronistic; if there was a central official web forum, I would 
preferentially participate in that instead. Maybe that stems back to my initial 
Internet experience having been with Usenet prior to the World Wide Web taking 
off.  Thread based discussion with all of the input being available in one 
place immediately just makes sense to me.  Email conversations on technical 
topics which may have many responses just feel piecemeal to me.  Additionally, 
I find value in the archived aspect of web fora in which all the discussions 
remain available in a very convenient manner.  Having a system that could offer 
both is something I did not know it was possible.

In any event, it sounds like change has been averted and we will continue as we 
are.