[Tig] kind of a different thing..

[Rob Lingelbach]

the TIG conferencing system at
http://www.colorist.org/forums  is definitely going to be more free- 
form than the TIG mailinglist.  we'll see how it evolves, but, to make  
a subtle point:

whereas, the TIG mailinglist has always had a certain foundation in  
conventions and rules as formed by the emerging Usenet community;  
whereas, the TIG mailinglist consists of messages going directly into  
user mailboxes, which ideally remain free of spam: the TIG  
conferencing is different.   I just posted a message to one of the  
forums that doesn't break any rules, because there aren't any yet (and  
if ever there are will be different) ...  and I felt no pangs of  
commercial invasion (it includes an image of a product) of personal  
space, because it's not going out to 2000 subscribers who have to  
contend with it regardless.

So make use of these conferences or forums, the system is powerful,  
and it offers up a new kind of freedom for those who wish to be on the  
edge of TIG (but perhaps not for TIG stalwarts).

Rob
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Rob Lingelbach     TIG admin.founder
rob at colorist.org    http://www.colorist.org/robhome.html