Jabber/IRC/etc (was Re: "JABBER" on the list Can't we keep …

is this not JABBER?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Derek Neighbors" <derek@gnue.org>
To: <plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us>
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 2:06 PM
Subject: Re: Jabber/IRC/etc (was Re: "JABBER" on the list Can't we keep it
down?)


> > Perhaps IRC/JAbber/whatever might be useful for those times when you are
> > trying to get something to work and need more instant feedback than you
> > could get here on the mailing list (thought I *would* request that if
> > the problem or solution look like something useful for the general
> > PLUGger that a summary be posted to the mailing list).
>
> I can tell you from experience its MUCH more useful for real time fixing.
> However I can also relay from past experience things rarely get posted
> back to a list. :( Thus the pros and cons. ;)
>
> > Another way it might be useful would be to enhance the 'community'
> > aspect.
>
> It will enhance community more than any email list will. As the offtopic
> discussions grow and grow, but thats how you get to know people.
>
> > But I also remember the days when *I* was the only plug member,
> > and I can tell you the silence on the mailing list was deafening ;-)
> >
> > So I hope that any solution we come up with does not reduce the
> > PLUG mailing list traffic to the point that we look dormant again...
>
> Sadly a good irc community can sometimes kill a list. :( I suspect in a
> case like PLUG you will have certain people that dont irc and thus the
> list would probably not become extinct.
>
> Derek
>
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