Disklavier

Danny wrote:
> If I remember, you were the person who was pushing for this new Google Group to 
> be formed. It was also mentioned a while back that the Yahoo group would remain.
>
> There is also DUG, the YahooGroups Disklavier group, there was the old 
> dug@... group, the old disklavier@egroups.com, etc. It is getting a 
> bit confusing with all of the newer groups being started over the years.
>
>   

What is confusing? DUG is dug@...
The yahoo group is the disklavier@egroups.com - yahoo bought egroups.
 
So the only new group is the disklavier one, which was a response to a 
few things, not least the limited file storage (now fixed), the annoying 
format of emails, and the double/triple messages and messages getting 
randomly lost. Once everyone had moved to the google group, the yahoo 
group would have been closed for new messages no doubt.

> Personally, I have not seen much of a difference between the Yahoo and Google 
> groups regarding the day-to-day emails I receive from both of them. There also 
> has been the recent contraversy regarding Google and the collection of some 
> personal data regarding folks' surfing...
>
>   

For me, the google mails are less intrusive than those from yahoo. They 
have much less boilerplate spam at the bottom, and are easier to reply 
to. I don't use the web interfaces I think they are too cumbersome - 
besides, I like my email client and the way it works, and that I can 
read and reply to my emails offline.

Regarding your second point, if you think Yahoo, Microsoft, Ask, AOL and 
all the other big players aren't gathering the same statistics you have 
your head in the sand. There are conferences where this stuff is openly 
discussed, and papers regularly published. Your email stored on services 
such as these is being mined

<rant>
If you don't want to be photographed in public, don't go out into the 
street. If you don't want your internet usage monitored - especially 
your usage of services provided free to you by companies - then don't 
use the internet. Similarly, if you don't want statistics generated on 
your telephone call records, ditch your mobile and land phones. Your 
purchase habits are monitored by stores by storing this information 
against your credit and club cards or, if you used cash, just 
co-purchased items - so don't go shopping at high street stores or buy 
every item on a separate transaction using cash. Banks use the same 
technique for fraud detection, so stop buying stuff with your cards - 
for a security question recently I got asked which petrol (gas) station 
in my town I use most frequently. To single out google for this is 
unwarranted.
</rant>


> What is the main advantage to the new Google Group over what we already have?
>