RE: eRPG mailing list (was; Future fo AS/400?? )

>Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 10:12:26 -0600
>From: "Bartell, Aaron L. (TC)" <ALBartell@taylorcorp.com>
>
>Well I think we definitely are ahead 50 to 1, or 50 of us to 1 of Rob;-)

50 to 2.

Why do you want a separate mailing list?  Possible reasons:
a. There are too many non E-RPG threads on the RPG/400 list.
b. There will probably be more E-RPG threads if there's a special list for
it.
c. It indicates support for E-RPG to want a separate mailing list.
d. It will be possible to learn about E-RPG from the mailing list.

If a, then it's reasonable to want a separate list, assuming you feel that
_all_ the E-RPG discussion will indeed go there and not still go to the
RPG or MIDRANGE list.  As Rob already said, a lot of RPG discussions
happen on the MIDRANGE list - the same thing would probably happen
with the E-RPG discussions, so you'd still have to follow all three lists
anyway if you were really interested in all the E-RPG discussion.

If b, why?  Do you think the RPG or MIDRANGE lists are somehow inhibiting
people from posting questions and observations about E-RPG?

If c, well, I disagree.  Splitting a list has nothing to do with support
for or against a topic.

If d, it's better to read a book to learn something.  Forums and mailing
lists are terrible places to learn because the information is incomplete
and it's presented in a terrible order for beginners.

Normally, new forums and mailing lists split off because the traffic about
that one topic starts to overcome the original forum/list.  That's not the
case here.

A precedent to consider: a C list split off from MIDRANGE a while ago.
The digest comes out about once every 3 months.  My impression is that
there's less C discussion in total than there was before.

Barbara Morris


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