[Inquiry] Re: subscribe inquiry@stderr.org to gmane newsgroups

[elijah wright]

> i have gone ahead and subscribed the "inquiry" list to the gmane
> newsgroup hierarchy. i couldn't see a way to discover the implications
> of this medium without going ahead and taking a few risks, so i guess we
> will just see as we go.

good.  if it isn't as useful as we hope, then it doesn't hurt anything.

> i only just found out that i had a newsreader in my browser, and haven't
> quite got the hang of how it works or how to integrate my use of it with
> my use of the email medium, so let me know what else you know about it
> all.  at the very least it means that nobody will be forced to have a
> lot of mail stuffed in their mailboxes if they do not wish to have it.

i find news a little problematic, in terms of collaboration.  it was a
good solution (great, actually) in the early 1980s and 1990s, but
definitely has different challenges and opportunities than either email or
web tools.

elijah