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Re:Why kernel development still uses email by gaius on Sunday October 02, 2016 @02:52AM (#12621322)
Email is an amazing tool. I don't understand the rush to get rid of it. It is a free standard

Answered your own question - no way to make money off it for "disruptors".

Re:Why kernel development still uses email by austincheney on Sunday October 02, 2016 @06:18AM (#12621710)
Perhaps the "disruption value" is not in media/advertising/content (as in the web) but instead in an enhancement that could erode certain attention from the web. Here is a potential example that will probably never see the light of day http://mailmarkup.org/