Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #00981
To: Beam beam@corp.sgi.com
From: Peter Low peterlow@fletcherspaght.com
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 10:20:01 -0500
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: comp.robotics.beam??
I understand the benefits of a newsgroup, especially as the mailing list
grows. However, my preference is for the list to continue as a mailing
list. My reasons:
- I'm lazy. I do check newsgroups, but not as often as email (and very
infrequently if I'm out of town). With the activity level of this list,
I prefer to read the messages several times a day, instead of in bulk.
Also, it's easier for me to archive messages that are interesting to me
if they are emails.
- My ISP's newsfeed/news management is not very good (certainly less
reliable than my email feed). I've noticed that messages are often
missing from the newsgroups I follow (you get the occasional reference
to posts that you've never seen). Also, it seems that my ISP doesn't
archive newsgroups for very long -- if I don't check a group for a
couple of days, some of the posts I missed have already been trashed.
I know that archives are available for newsgroups, but that means I
have to look several places for messages (and I already said I was lazy)
Just my $0.02.
Peter
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