Conversion to WWW will involve at least one session of serious hand-hacking,
because it's a fundamentally richer format that FAQ format.
> I would say it's good to maintain both forms and continue posting
> periodically for the Usenet challenged, as well as for those on online
> services, e.g. America Online.
Yes, but I think AOL and the other online service will be offering Web access
soon. Market pressure will force them all to do it once one does, just as
they've been dragged kicking and screaming into supporting Internet email and
netnews.
> Maybe a WWW front page can be set up for FAQs down at MIT. This could
> maybe even tap into the current archives (I have no idea of how these
> things work, and apologize for my technical ignorance, but it would be
> nice of the disk space could be used twice). That way, there would be a
> single source and there would still be an opportunity for quality assurance.
This parallels some of my thinking.
-- Eric S. Raymond <esr@locke.ccil.org> WWW: //www.thyrsus.com/~esr/home.html
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