On Sat, 3 Sep 2005, William Chops Westfield wrote:

> On Sep 3, 2005, at 5:41 AM, Gerhard Fiedler wrote:
>
>> I think that both the NNTP protocol and the typical user
>> interface of newsreaders are more appropriate for discussion groups
>
> I think we're in "violent agreement."   The Cadsoft Eagle newsgroups
> (hosted at cadsoft) seem to work quite well, for instance, as an
> alternative to a mailing list.

I think that there is convergence between the old protocols and the 
'new' (amalgamated) protocols. E.g. gmane.org turns mailing lists into 
newsgroups, and then allows them to be viewed as blogs, as framed lists 
of articles, etc. Same for Google groups (nee Usenet News). Resistance 
is futile, we will be amalgamated. The email client plays mp3s and the 
mp3 player can receive email. After a while of doing this, one starts to 
wonder why people insist in finding differences between protocols.

Peter

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