Lee,
With the exception of enthusiasm for Zope (though, in theory, I like what it
is trying to do), I agree with your take on SlashDot as a tool.
Jack
From: Lee Iverson <leei@ai.sri.com>
> In message <Pine.LNX.4.21.0005021951590.949-100000@jack.pacbell.net>,
Eugene Er
> ic Kim writes:
> >On Fri, 28 Apr 2000, Eric Armstrong wrote:
> >
> >> * At yesterday's meeting, the thought surfaced that we need
> >> to know what the other systems provide in the way of
> >> evaluation capabilities, for comparison with SlashDot.
> >
> >My personal opinion is that none of these systems are better than
manually
> >using e-mail for communication and the web for archiving, summarizing,
and
> >distributing.
>
> I respectfully disagree. In my opinion:
>
> o The emphasis around structuring discussion on highly focused
> "articles" is a win.
> o The fact that I can selectively turn off certain subject categories
> is a win.
> o The ability to heavily customize the site based on your own
> preferences is a win.
> o The ability to lighten the load on my mailbox is a win.
> o The fact that they are just as open to outside observers as members
> is a win.
> o The fact that they are based on open source technologies (and are
> thus significantly more adaptable than most people's mail reading
> environments) is a win.
> o The fact that with a Zope based WebLog environment (Squishdot) we
> may have a simple way to leverage the weblog into full-scale DKR
> relatively quickly is a win.
>
> I think you see where I'm coming from. And in any case, I've been
> playing around with Zope and Squishdot on my machine at home and I
> think I can in all honesty say that I like it. A lot. And there are
> already simple collaboration tools that we can bring together on the
> main WebLog that may make our life somewhat easier.
>
> >This list is already archived on the web. (By the way, does anyone have
a
> >working username/password? The username/password I have doesn't seem to
> >work anymore.) Many people on this list have personal web sites. If you
> >have long documents, such as the DKR that Eric was manually maintaining,
> >put it on the web, and just e-mail the list with a brief note saying that
> >a revised version is available.
>
> I'm finding this rather inadequate. And the fact that login to the
> list is not automatically managed is a big loss.
>
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