David / stephen 

Any opinion on ozdotnet.net etc?

Yes – forget it. What you’ve done is good (the 2 domains available). Of course 
I agree with your 

point 1 - what I really meant to say there is that let us not pretend or even 
say that this is a step in the direction of web forum/list harmony/nirvana. It 
isn't. 

What next? I’m not sure. Perhaps “branding” is not enough – how to encourage 
some real value to the “product”?

A little OT, but maybe relevant -  

Some people are a bit concerned about the high level static on ausDotNet – an 
example would be the one I started a week ago, which has gone ape an obscures 
real programming stuff that a few have posted. I wonder if the unsubscribe rate 
has risen in the past month? 

Sometime last week I did posit that the current (.net) list might reflect OT to 
some outer planet before rebounding the on-topic stuff to the list subscribers. 
That could keep a few subscribers happy and still subscribing. Your views? 

Personally, I don’t see OT as a huge nuisance – and I’d guess there are a few 
others like Greg Low who are mildly interested in some of the posts, and happy 
not to contribute to the particular OT. (Of course, GL contributes very 
positively on his special areas of knowledge). 

Moreover, it’s impossible to keep a valid .net or coding subject from straying 
– and constricting to even suggest that people should keep to the subject.

While I’m happy / resigned to no web forum ↔ list harmony, it would be nice at 
some future time to use the new domain to establish a forum on which a variety 
of relevant and tangential stuff might be deposited. 

 

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Ian Thomas
Victoria Park, Western Australia

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