22 Apr
2022
22 Apr
'22
11:05 a.m.
On 22 Apr 2022, at 15:45, Teton Amateur Radio Repeater
Association via 44net <44net(a)mailman.ampr.org> wrote:
Well, there are some interesting comments. One being the cost of service. If you look at
the discourse link, right away it says it is $100 per month, so it is not free.
That's for the hosted version. The software itself is open source and you can
host it yourself at no cost.
And if they were to decide this group was a business
then it is $300 per month. Still not free. Trying to find pricing for groups.io
<http://groups.io/> shows starting at $20 per month for up to 500 members. I
don't have any idea how many members there may be to this group.
Just under 1,000 members. groups.io <http://groups.io/> do an enterprise
edition for $200/month but they discount this by 50% to non-profits.
A few have said they don't want anything that is
"cloud based". Anything you get from the internet is "cloud based" one
way or another.
Indeed, “cloud based” just means it’s on a server in a datacenter when you boil it
down. “Cloud” is more of a marketing term than a technical term.
A few years ago when most of the groups were jumping
from Yahoo some of the groups talked about google. That is probably one of the worst
places to go to. I, along with several others in several groups said if they went to
google we would drop out. That hasn't changed for me. Trust google for much of
anything? Good luck with that.
+1 Google is definitely NOT the way to go IMO.
A bit of my experience with groups.io
<http://groups.io/>. For those who like the digest, it works, for those who like to
get email, it works, for those who just want to look at the messages in the group, it
works. It works well for archive and searching. A couple of other good features, it allows
an email receiver to limit attachment size (for those inconsiderate people who think they
have to send an image that is 10 megs and larger) so instead it sends a link for the
attachment. Also, if a user is no longer interested in getting email about a subject, it
allows that user to mute the subject, which means they don't get any more emails about
it. Since I don't manage any groups, I'm sure there are several management tools
available to manage the group.
I’ve been using groups.io <http://groups.io/> practically since it began, I
manage several groups and have contributed to their beta programme. I have made several
suggestions for improvements, most of which they have implemented. They are very open to
suggestions for improvements and seem keen to keep their customer base happy. It’s not
open source, which is a shame, but it is by far the best option, hands down, IMHO.
Now if someone fancies writing an open source clone of groups.io <http://groups.io/>
they would be on to a winner!
if we are going to move from a plain text mailing list, I would vote groups.io
<http://groups.io/> - apart from the “not open source” and the price tag (which ARDC
can easily afford) it has no other negatives that I can think of.
Chris - G1FEF