A note from a chair of a list I participate on.
One side effect is to limit the participation of
non-OASIS members regardless of their depth of
participation or contribution. That can be a
serious handicap to the niche efforts. It
would be sad to see the innovations that are
born of research and experimentation have to
move to Yahoo.
I understand the difficulties of constraining
open lists. I also understand the advantages.
Far too often what has initially looked like
yet another lunatic-fringe element has proven
to be a seminal and important source of ideas
even where they are in conflict with the immediate
goals of the corporate membership.
len
From: Chiusano Joseph [mailto:]
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It seems there is
some push to restrict discussion on the comments
lists and to move serious discussion to the
restricted discussion lists.
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Can you please elaborate more as to why you feel this way?
