Don't use default Google Group client (was re:....)

[rurpy at yahoo.com]

On 10/26/2013 04:15 PM, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 2:05 AM,  <rurpy at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> The large number of posts here from GG would suggest
>> that the readership there is substantial, and the decline in
>> "web-1.0" tools (usenet, mailing lists, etc) is additional
>> evidence that the number of GG users (who are used to and
>> prefer flashier web-based interfaces) may be much greater
>> than you would like to think.
> 
> That's not a problem. The people who think that Web 2.0 has to
> completely supplant everything else are most welcome to spend all day
> on Facebook, and try to get their homework help from there. I don't
> mind. Meanwhile, the rest of us will continue to use - and to
> understand - the lower-level internet protocols that actually work. We
> will then go on to develop communication protocols that don't involve
> JavaScript in web browsers, that don't have ten-round-trip latency,
> and that actually work. SMTP-like or MUD-like protocols seem to be
> quite effective, in my experience.

That's a pretty bigoted view of a large class of people.  
I understand your desire to stay with the technology you 
have learned and are familiar with.  However, your apparent 
desire to exclude people who don't share your view is a 
shame and seems contrary to the PSFs policy of being 
welcoming and encouraging diversity.