Re: New Apple II Web Site Now Open

["John King" <joki@eskimo.com>]

I always thought it was about control.

"Paul Guertin" <pg@sff.net> wrote in message
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> Eric Shepherd <sheppy@sheppyware.net> wrote:
>
> > in article 20000609090654.20765.00000570@ng-fm1.aol.com, The Apple II
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> > Group at a2mg@aol.comNomail wrote on 6/9/00 6:06 AM:
> >
> > > No, I was interested in a moderated public message board run on
message board
> > > software. It could go on anyone's web site.
> >
> > A2Central.com will probably have a message board sometime this summer;
> > hopefully before KansasFest.
>
> I've never understood why someone would want to use a Web-based message
> board when we have newsgroups and mailing lists. Message boards are slow,
> can only be used online (a problem if you have only one phone line or
> live in a country with metered phone service), need a Web browser, and
> are nowhere as flexible as the alternatives: one cannot use scorefiles
> on a Web board, or do a full-text search on past messages, or use a
> full-featured editor to compose messages.
>
> Paul Guertin
> pg@sff.net