AVR-Chat

On Sat, 2005-08-06 at 11:03 +1000, Don Ingram wrote:
> 
> >   A simple solution:  don't participate.  I am offering a parallel
> > service, not an alternative to this mailing list.  I find that
> direct, realtime interaction is sometimes more satisfying than email
> exhanges. It is toward that experience that my project is aimed.  No
> interest in "competing" with this, or any other forum.
> 
> I understand what you are saying, but the major down side to this is
> that the rest of the community fail to benefit from the running log
> that is produced by email.  A lot of problems for a lot of people are
> solved by watching the transactions of another person having the same
> issue.

  Granted, and point taken.

  Never the less, there are advantages to a realtiome chat environment
which are inarguable, and worth having available.  one would hope that
ifg a solution is developed during such conversations, it might be
mentioned on the mailing list, byt at least one participant (most
probably the person for whom a problem is resolved).

  As I say, there are also social benefits that simply do not accrue to
a mailing list environment.  It is much easier to become "friends" via
chat than via email.

  I am somewhat surprised at the amount of negative response (though I
did ask for it).  I wonder if perhaps an informal "vote" isn't in order?

Tom