One thing I’m always happy to see is peripheral stuff like release of some MS beta projects, MSDN or TechNet subscription info, and “systems” stuff like security, virtualization, VS usage, networking, hardware recommendations, etc. There are a dozen other concrete examples I could give. For example, every few weeks there’s a question about which laptop should I buy.
What are your ideas about a charter, btw? _____ Ian Thomas Victoria Park, Western Australia _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Connors Sent: Sunday, 28 February 2010 6:46 PM To: Mailing List Administration Subject: Re: ozdotnet.com On 28 February 2010 20:33, Ian Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: Yes – forget it. What you’ve done is good (the 2 domains available). k o What next? I’m not sure. Perhaps “branding” is not enough – how to encourage some real value to the “product”? Well, it is a start. I needed 12 months break from this topic after dealing with active modules. 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? I doubt it. THere were more unsubs this month but that included silky. :) 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? I think you're cutting to the centre of something I suggested a year or two ago (and got lambasted for it) - which is a charter. I reckon we need one. Re OT posts there are a few points: 1. If we ban them I need to ride that pretty hard. 2. Having an 'OT' list has/always will fail because it fragments the community. 3. We can tell people to use rules BUT a not-insignificant group of people will always think the list is 'too hard' to deal with if it requires end user action to stop OT posts. 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). *shrugs* I think it is a horses for courses thing. Some people get their backs up immediately on OT posts, others love them , others don't care, others are interested. 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. I agree - so long as it does not result in community fragmentation. David. _____ Ian Thomas Victoria Park, Western Australia _______________________________________________ admin mailing list [email protected] http://prdlxvm0001.codify.net/mailman/listinfo/admin -- David Connors ([email protected]) Software Engineer Codify Pty Ltd - www.codify.com Phone: +61 (7) 3210 6268 | Facsimile: +61 (7) 3210 6269 | Mobile: +61 417 189 363 V-Card: https://www.codify.com/cards/davidconnors Address Info: https://www.codify.com/contact
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