Re: The FAQ system approaches obsolescence. What do we do now?

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Mark Moraes (Mark-Moraes@deshaw.com)
Tue, 06 Dec 1994 16:48:15 -0500


| Given that the Web is going to make USENET distribution of FAQs
| obsolete very soon

I disagree with this premise. Let's not forget that FAQs are periodic
postings to newsgroups to reduce the number of people asking the same
damn question over and over again. That goal isn't going to be obsolete
anytime soon...

HTML is a reasonable format for FAQs, particularly since it's fairly easy
to convert to plain-text. But let's not get dogmatic about it.

The Web will need volunteers to maintain lists of resources, etc just
like Usenet did.

Imminent death of Usenet: FAQ at 11.

Mark.

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