The corporate mind, however meritocratic they may be, might not like the loss of control that would happen if *the community* actually moved some of this discussion to private message boards.
Garbage. (I'm trying to be polite here.)
Such a thing exists, as pointed out by others on this thread. The *community* has already voted with their feet: few people visit the fora while many subscribe to the lists. Corporate meritocracy aside, that means (let me spell it out for you) that most people prefer the mailing list. Hence, community preference. Of course, as part of this community you are free to promote an existing message board or start another; what success you will have is impossible to predict accurately until/unless you actually try. But you *are* free to try.
I particularly prefer mailing lists since I frequently go through 500 or so messages at a time on planes, in airports, and while waiting for others who are late for meetings. Having to go online to consult fora would eliminate easily 80% of my time spent here, effectively eliminating any use *I* get out of this community and also any help I provide to others (which hopefully is non-trivial).
-- Rodolfo J. Paiz rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.simpaticus.com
