From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,841c691ce18d157d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-02-03 06:14:15 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!news-out.usenetserver.com!news-out.usenetserver.com!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!newsfeed1.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!newsmaster1.prod.itd.earthlink.net!newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3A7C0439.D8CEAC37@earthlink.net> From: "Marc A. Criley" Organization: Quadrus Corporation X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.73 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.14-5.0 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: discussion group: Ada use in Internet technologies References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2001 14:14:11 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 158.252.122.197 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net 981209651 158.252.122.197 (Sat, 03 Feb 2001 06:14:11 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2001 06:14:11 PST Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:4910 Date: 2001-02-03T14:14:11+00:00 List-Id: Terry Westley wrote: > > > 1) Do you prefer to: > a) Keep the discussions here in comp.lang.ada so as not to dilute this > newsgroup > b) Create a separate forum (my choice would be Yahoo Groups) > c) Create an ACM SIGAda working group with support from ACM > d) other? While such discussions can occur here in comp.lang.ada, there are potential participants who have no desire to frequent newsgroups, so you lose out on their experience and knowledge. Your original message also noted that you'd gotten little assistance in the past from either comp.lang.ada or Team Ada, so it seems option a) is already known to be of questionable value. Again, I cast my vote for a mailing list forum. The ASIS (Ada Semantic Interface Specification) mailing list forum has worked extremely well, as it both stays highly focused and draws participants who are keenly interested in that particular topic. Personally (and this is just me :-), I'm not terribly interested in joining another "discussion group"-type service--having to learn another reading/posting interface (no matter how intuitive) and deal with ads, ads, ads, just annoys me, doubly so if I have to go through a login process. Plus, participants have to make an explicit effort to go read the latest messages, versus discussions just showing up in their In-Box. (I know some people already deal with e-mail inundation and the thought of getting even more makes them ill. But it's the way I prefer to participate in technical discussions, so it works for me.) To more widely disseminate information discussed in such an Ada/Internet forum, archive it and periodically post a pointer to the archive on comp.lang.ada, Team Ada, etc. My crotchety 2c, Marc A. Criley Senior Staff Engineer Quadrus Corporation www.quadruscorp.com