>> For the general FAQ reading public, I think WWW FAQ servers (such as
>> yours, Kent :-) are a better solution generally. Net.newbies seldom
>> seem to have the patience or knowledge to search for a FAQ in an
>> overcrowded newsgroup, but with a well-organized system of FAQ
>> repositories, you can at least simply hand them a URL (instead of ask
>> them to "look around in the newsgroup and see if the FAQ hasn't
>> expired already" or something to that effect).
My FAQ is posted to six newsgroups, so will be hit by Netcom's new
policy. However, I am unconcerned. I believe that FAQs and Usenet
News have drifted apart to the point where they are no longer
compatible. I continue to post mine to news.answers only so that it
will be available at rtfm.mit.edu and its mirrors for retrieval by
anonymous FTP. The future medium for the distribution of FAQs, I
would suggest, is the WWW.
I welcome repositories such as <http://www.faqlib.com/> which contain
FAQs in HTML (as opposed to FAQs converted to HTML from text). I
believe repositories such as Kent's at
<http://www.landfield.com/faqs/> are only a stop gap solution and will
die a natural death. (Sorry Kent.)
So, look to the future - write your FAQs in HTML and ignore the
policies of the ISPs. In the long term, Usenet News is irrelevant to
FAQs; their link is purely historical.
Regards,
Martin
E-mail: mleese@omg.unb.ca
WWW: http://www.omg.unb.ca/~mleese/
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