[plug] Forum Software

[Adrian Woodley]

Gavin Chester wrote:

> But, guys and gals can't it been seen that the two methods are analogous
> to open source vs closed source? An email list becomes self-regulating
> and its members are the maintainers and contributors whereas a forum has
> an elite moderator (or more) and the success or otherwise relies on
> their exclusive control of the group (project) by those elites.

Linux has an elite moderator, his name is Linus.

The same effort goes into moderating, be it a mailing list or a forum. 
The advantage of a forum is that the moderators have ultimate control 
over the publicly accessible information. Find an inappropriate post? 
*Bam* its not there anymore. Insert an incorrect link to a reply? 
*Click* link fixed. Find a particularly good/useful thread? *Slurp* its 
now "stuck" to the top of the list.

Adrian