From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_icanect.net)
Date: Tue Dec 01 1998 - 00:13:47 EST
the other issue is nodes..
compuserve has nodes world wide..
a member can log in anyplace..
to log in via an ISP requires an account with a local ISP or a world wide ISP with
nodea all over..!!
are there any such ISP's yet?? now??
Randal Whittle wrote:
> At 12:35 PM 11/30/98 -0500, you wrote:
> >At 09:21 AM 11/30/98 -0800, you wrote:
> >
> >> 3) Between privately-run mailing lists like this and the web-based
> >>Thinkpad forums IBM put in place, the Compuserve forum becomes quite
> >>unnecessary. Though I would agree that IBM should support a mailing list
> >>like this one, and publicize the fact with every ThinkPad sold.
> >>
> >> In all, pulling out of Compuserve is no big deal. All they did was change
> >>the venue. Personally, I think that's a wise business decision, as the
> >>venue they have chosen reaches far more people.
> >>
> >
> >Yeah, I know, but they didn't change just the venue. They changed the
> >format as well. The online only nature of a web forum sucks -
>
> >members on CIS told the IBMers there repeatedly that losing the speed and
> >convenience of off-line capabilities was a big issue. Did IBM listen? Of
>
> I would agree its a huge issue. I would far prefer an e-mail list like
> this or better yet, a dedicated news server.
>
> I don't like web-based, but it does potentially reach more people for the
> simple fact that most anyone with an internet connection knows about & uses
> a web browser, but far too few people have a clue what a newsgroup reader is.
>
> ------
> Randy Whittle rwhittle_at_usa.net
> - Smile :-) Its a curve that can set a LOT of things straight.
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