Re: New web-based forum

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From: Matt Curtin
Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2000 00:00

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>>>>> "Jeff" == Jeff Billman <jbillma@yahoo.com> writes:

  Jeff> I have created a group of forums for the
  Jeff> discussion of Ohio, with separate forums for politics, media,
  Jeff> sports, etc.  Best of all, it's free!  (And I'm not making a
  Jeff> dime for it, either.)

So what advantage does it have over Usenet?

(I really hate web-based fora...it's a perfect example of using the
wrong tool for the job.  Usenet was built for this stuff; the tools
that support it are mature and highly functional...why not use them?)

-- 
Matt Curtin cmcurtin@interhack.net http://www.interhack.net/people/cmcurtin/

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From: Matt Curtin <cmcurtin@interhack.net>
Subject: Re: New web-based forum
Date: 2000/04/02
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