On Fri, 20 Feb 2009 09:08:09 +0000, Invisible wrote:

> Somebody pointed out that a web-based forum forces you to use one
> specific UI - the web forum. On the other hand, NNTP can be used from
> *any* suitable client. It can also be easily archived and so forth.
> Which seems like a valid point to me.
> 
> I'm still not understanding why NNTP isn't a valid solution...

In my experience, the usual reason change isn't a valid solution is 
"because we're used to what we have".

So perhaps what they - or perhaps someone else - needs to set up a 
gateway account using news.gmane.org. :-)

Jim

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