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Posted by Robert Cummings on 11/05/05 05:37
On Fri, 2005-11-04 at 22:09, GamblerZG wrote:
> AFAIK, there are no "official" forums for PHP. Considering the fact that
> PHP is a web development tool, such distaste for message boards is
> ironic at the least. So why exactly there aren't any forums on php.net?
>
> I've monitored this list long enough to predict the most probable
> replies to this message. To save everybody some time, I will ansver them
> here, without waiting someone to key them in.
>
> Reply: There are forums on zend.com.
> My Reply: zend.com != php.com.
>
> R: There is a web interface for this mailing list.
> MR: You cant' post new messages there, and it's just another way of
> showing emails anyway.
>
> R: There is a newsgroup interface.
> MR: Yeah, I'm using it right now. But it requires special software, and
> is terribly slow, unless you have very good connection and moderately
> powerful PC.
>
> R: Forums suck, mailing lists rule.
> MR: Not if you don't like receiving 200 messages + spam every day.
>
> R: Synchronizing mail lists and forums is very difficult and nobody will
> do it.
> MR: There is no need to synchronize anything.
A threaded web-based email client works just like you want. Still
complaining about 200+ messages?? Well a forum would get as many
anyways.
Cheers,
Rob.
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