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Because nowadays there are tools just to make sure the tools are making the tools that monitor the tools are monitoring the tools correctly. In short: there's

Because nowadays there are tools just to make sure the tools are making the tools that monitor the tools are monitoring the tools correctly. In short: there's a web app for seemingly everything nowadays, but devs stick to mailing lists. In my opinion, mailing lists are very old school, not the easiest to wade/search through and most new programmers are baffled by them (or at least by how to post to them). You could argue, though, that most new people just use things like StackOverflow nowadays...

brudgers 11y ago
most new programmers are baffled by them (or at least by how to post to them). That may not be a bug.
- iDemonix 11y ago
  Then new programmers will stick to stack overflow and the likes, and mailing lists will slowly decline. Not a bad thing in my opinion as I'm not a mailing list fan (as is obvious from my first reply).
  - brudgers 11y ago
    StackOverflow is better suited to teach new programmers the ways of the world than a stable open source project with a small team of core developers volunteering their time. To put it another way, good open source projects are good often because the team is experienced and focused.
stephenr 11y ago
> there's a web app for seemingly everything nowadays, but devs stick to mailing lists. So? Some of the earliest "web apps" are web viewers for mailing lists. > In my opinion, mailing lists are very old school, not the easiest to wade/search through If you're a subscriber, the messages are literally delivered to your email address, you can index them however you want using whatever mailbox tech you want. If you just want to view them casually, there are dozens of mature web based mail list browsers you can use. > most new programmers are baffled by them (or at least by how to post to them). If a programmer is baffled by "subscribe using form A/by sending email to <foo>; post by sending email to <bar>" then i don't really put much weight on their assessment that something is "hard to use".

brudgers 11y ago

most new programmers are baffled by them (or at least by how to post to them). That may not be a bug.

iDemonix 11y ago
Then new programmers will stick to stack overflow and the likes, and mailing lists will slowly decline. Not a bad thing in my opinion as I'm not a mailing list fan (as is obvious from my first reply).
- brudgers 11y ago
  StackOverflow is better suited to teach new programmers the ways of the world than a stable open source project with a small team of core developers volunteering their time. To put it another way, good open source projects are good often because the team is experienced and focused.

stephenr 11y ago

> there's a web app for seemingly everything nowadays, but devs stick to mailing lists. So? Some of the earliest "web apps" are web viewers for mailing lists. > In my opinion, mailing lists are very old school, not the easiest to wade/search through If you're a subscriber, the messages are literally delivered to your email address, you can index them however you want using whatever mailbox tech you want. If you just want to view them casually, there are dozens of mature web based mail list browsers you can use. > most new programmers are baffled by them (or at least by how to post to them). If a programmer is baffled by "subscribe using form A/by sending email to <foo>; post by sending email to <bar>" then i don't really put much weight on their assessment that something is "hard to use".