Hal Rottenberg wrote:
> On Aug 9, 7:52 am, Marco Shaw <marco.shaw@_NO_SPAM_gmail.com> wrote:
>> I've just created a 'powershell-users' group within Googlegroups.
>>
>> I've considered creating a 'powershell-nntp' or such group,
>
> Frankly, I don't see why we would want this with the existing email &
> web features provided by Google Groups already.
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/micro...ws.powershell/
>
> Now we have two divergent communities with the membership and
> conversations potentially split in half. Or worse, the mailing list
> will "do better" than the newsgroup, leaving it to falter and
> newcomers will assume "Oh, Powershell must not be that popular because
> the 'official' Microsoft newsgroup is deserted".
>
> Don't mean to come down so hard but I don't get it...
>
> -hal
>
Perhaps the list will go nowhere. I understand your concern, but there
are others who may not want to post to the official group for various
reasons, one being time.
The community forked the day PowerShell was released, but I think
there's a plan underway to bring things together, but I don't know the
full details.
There are a few PowerShell forums out there now, for example.
One thing I'd like to see about the offical group is being able to
subscribe to it, and receive everything by email, and easily be able to
respond, and have that response get posted to the group.
The "Google NNTP interface" only allows web viewing and answering using
a browser.
Maybe there's a way I can get the 2 to talk to each other in a limited
fashion though to bring the 2 together. I'll have to think about it.
I always appreciate everyone's input whether positive or negative...
Marco
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