[Coco] A return to bit.listserv.coco?

[billg]

 As you see I have marked the end of my post.  Whoever is saying that 'my
other post' says so-and-so is IN ERROR.  My next post said "Why not try
going back to the bit.listserv.coco and see"

>-----Original Message-----
>From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com 
>[mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On Behalf Of Boisy G.Pitre
>Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 3:44 PM
>To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
>Subject: Re: [Coco] A return to bit.listserv.coco?
>
>
>On Mar 21, 2005, at 1:52 PM, Robert Sherwood wrote:
>
>> At 12:47 PM 3/21/05, you wrote:
>>
>>> On Mar 21, 2005, at 11:40 AM, billg wrote:
>>>
>>>> As a newbie on this mailing list, my opinion probably 
>doesn't carry 
>>>> much weight, but IMHO this is the best place for 
>discussion of CoCo 
>>>> matters.
>>>> Membership suggests interest in the CoCo neighborhood, whereas 
>>>> bit.listserv.coco IS open for the general public.  Case in point:
>>>> all that
>>>> spam.
****************THIS IS WHERE MY POST ENDED******************

>>>
>>> But why create gateways and openings when we could just 
>congregate in 
>>> one place?  If one thing fractures the CoCo community, it's "this 
>>> group" and "that mailing list."
>>
>> Because...  moving to a newsgroup WOULD NOT be congregating in one 
>> place.  I for one, do not have a reader installed on my computer nor 
>> do I have any desire to try and hunt down a decent one, much 
>less muck 
>> around in the cesspool that is newsgroups.  I know Outlook 
>Express can 
>> read newsgroups, but I do not even have that installed.
>
********THIS IS NOT MY POST!!*************

>Do you have a web browser?   I think your other post just 
>answered your 
>question.  But then again, if you didn't realize that the 
>newsgroup was searchable via Google...
>>
>> There are no specific advantages in the newsgroup that are not also 
>> available in this list.  In fact, I think searching is even 
>easier in 
>> this list - search the list and you get results from only 
>the list and 
>> not every post in existence which happens to have the letters "coco"
>> in them.
>
>I vehemently disagree.  Learn how to search on Google Groups 
>and I think you'll see how easy it is.
>
>> People understand mailing lists.  One just needs to glance at Yahoo 
>> Groups to see that.  The large number of new members we have seen in 
>> just the last few months also indicates that we are not nearly as 
>> "hidden" as you suggest.
>
>Not necessarily hidden, but undeniably fractured.
>
>> It takes just a few seconds to subscribe.  How is that 
>inconvenient?  
>> I think being able to keep spammers out and quickly 
>expelling the rare 
>> troublemaker who sneaks in renders the "inconvenience" of 
>confirming a 
>> subscription extremely minor at most.  Besides, the only person who 
>> can truly claim inconvenience is Dennis, and he does not 
>seem to mind 
>> at all.
>
>You're missing the point, but I think you're beyond convincing.
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