Re: nature of this servlet-interest list

Adam Hardy wrote:

> Is Jason Hunter on this list? Jason are you there?

Yep, I'm here.

> Or in fact anybody who's not busy discussing why nobody discusses
> anything on this list.... ;)

Lists go through lifecycles.  Initially they start with a small group,
usually the technology's creators and their close contacts.  As the list
grows, the "initiators" teach the newcomers.  At some point the
knowledge about the technology has spread enough so that the initiators
don't need to be so involved: the newbies have become experts and help
teach the new crop of newbies.  At some point the initiators move on to
other things because that's their nature, to work on cutting edge
technologies.  Eventually the list fizzles out as the knowledge becomes
so dispersed that you can more quickly ask coworkers or read a book than
post on a public list.  The questions that still get asked are likely to
be quite difficult and less likely to get volunteer help.

-jh-

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