Comments for e-mail = primordial human activity

Comment from Ross Mayfield on 2004-01-08

2004-01-08T23:28:21Z

The days are numbered, but the change won't happen overnight. That's why Socialtext works seamlessly with email too.

Comment from Lee on 2004-01-09

2004-01-09T22:39:18Z

I don't think email's days are numbered at all, except perhaps for small and specific groups of people. It's part of the foundation of the Internet and the world of work. There will be alternatives, but it won't be replaced.

Comment from Chris Dent on 2004-01-14

2004-01-14T12:55:00Z

I suspect the vast majority of people crying out in favor of the death of email are neither well trained in email management nor using good clients.

Unfortunately there are few social forces that move people in the direction of good skills or good tools (at least with email). Most normal computers come with a poor email client that has what appears at first glance to be reasonable to be a reasonable interface.

For a group of people who have agreed to a certain set of behaviors with email use, email can be a _very_ powerful collaborative and learning tool.