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<B>Marc Paré</B>
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<I>Mon Oct 4 02:21:01 CEST 2010</I>
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><i> Hi there
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</I>><i> Well, that's a great job, really, nice to see such a thing is possible.
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</I>><i> However i would like to point something very important for me, forum users are
</I>><i> quite different from ML users.
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</I>><i> In fact, throught this system we face one goal of Mageia. Will it be a
</I>><i> distribution for "developers" or for "end-users" (well i know developers are
</I>><i> also end-users). End-users, well just users may come from Windows (i hope we
</I>><i> will attract some to the good side of the force :D ) and they feels a forum
</I>><i> must easier than a ML. Just look at rules on the ML here, no html, no top
</I>><i> posting, just quote well are things that needs to use mail correctly. And just
</I>><i> use mail correctly is sometimes hard for just users. I do not work in
</I>><i> computing and i just see how computers are seen, how they are used and how
</I>><i> theses 3 rules would be hard to use. No HTML ? well i guess few users (outside
</I>><i> those working in computing) knows how to do it, no top posting ... ouch quite
</I>><i> impossible, quote well ... hum what do you calll quoting ?
</I>><i>
</I>><i> Let's face it, ML is a tool for developers not a tool for users. As a user i
</I>><i> do prefer forums, on one topic i can have the full discussion no need to
</I>><i> navigate between mails, there are colors, it is (or it give the feeling) more
</I>><i> attractive and newbies or users will prefer using forums. That's the same
</I>><i> thing between using GUI or CLI, i know CLI is powerful, faster, very efficient,
</I>><i> but for users GUI is better, they feel at ease when using their mouse to point
</I>><i> and click, validate.
</I>><i>
</I>><i> I have also praticed a lot web forum, and a very little usenet and it is also
</I>><i> two differents audience. Anyone here on alt.os.linux.mandriva (hum yes Marc
</I>><i> Paré is on) ?
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</I>><i> So, even if there is a good tool to have a bidirectional Gateway between ML
</I>><i> and web forum i don't think we will meet efficiency with it. The best way for me
</I>><i> is to have these different tools since they have different audiences, some of us
</I>><i> will be on both tools but most will use just one.
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You have actually enumerated the many reasons why this is such a great
setup. Regardless of anyone's preference of communication, we can all
talk to each other. It's as if there was a universal translator that
would enable everyone to speak in their native language but we could all
understand each other --- you know like on StarTrek Voyageur!
Anyone can pick the way they want their voice to be heard and we can all
hear, whether you are a dev or user. I don't think that there will ever
be an efficient and unified communication tool, so if we can offer ML,
usenet and forums to everyone to pick from, then it is a big plus for
our distro. How wonderful is that?
BTW ... I also manage an online magazine and receive messages from user
mailists ... approximately 20-30 of them. They are pretty active and
none of them are dev mailists.
Eh! oui, je participe aussi à alt.os.linux.mandriva mais je ne suis pas
le seul du groupe usenet Mandriva qui est à l'écoute ici sur le Mageia
mailist.
Marc
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