>From a user perspective (and my views alone - which may or may not be the perspective of the other members of the ARS List) its not so much the "backend" mechanism as it is the options available for "receiving / sending / interacting" that made the way it is now extremely convenient. That option being good old email.
Is it replaceable? Absolutely - almost everything is. There already are other far more interactive alternatives to email that could make the whole experience equally convenient. Hopefully BMC will leverage one of such alternativs. One specifically that I might like to see personally if the ARS List in its email form had to go away permanently and evolve into something else inside of BMC Communities, is an interface that would make it available to me offline as it is online. That was where email won. A web page that feeds out of being connected to the net is perhaps not a great alternative to a live Wiki like resource. If you are thinking along the lines of a mobile or tabloid app, that is exactly where I would like to see the BMC Communities accessible at. And not have the need to open up a browser, login into BMC Communities, specifically to interact with this resource. That is almost too much work to make it less desirable. Is there a Apple or an Android app for interactive with the BMC Communities? If there is, I am not aware of it - I looked for it in Google Play but do not see one available. A free mobile or tabloid app for on and offline viewing and interaction with a community is the type of change I personally wouldn't mind loosing my email option to. In fact a free app should have been an option that should have made it years ago. Joe _____ From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of arslist Sent: Friday, June 03, 2016 4:34 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: ARSlist Future The move of the ARSlist to Communities is primarily a pragmatic one, the volume of posts to Communities even on the topics we cover are far greater. It seemed to make sense to let people go to one place, Communities, and ensure you know about everything going on, and of course what we are talking about on the ARSlist. Does the rss feed feature solve the digest issue? Daniel Founder of the ARSlist, soon to be a BMC Communities Group From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of Joe D'Souza Sent: June 3, 2016 2:52 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: ARSlist Future ** Like many others have stated, me too prefer email because of its independence from the internet when not connected - which is why I have mostly used ARS List from an Outlook Client. I'll be sad to see it go too although many of you say you could get communities setup much the same way. I have not yet tried communities using email that I can remember so can't comment on it but I do hope it works the same way now that we are forced to divert our attention that direction. Thank you Dan for this community for as long as you have had it running. It has been a great resource to me. I hope to benefit at the very least as much if not more from the BMC Communities. There is a very small voice in my head hoping that the end of a resource such as the ARS List is not a direct or an indirect sign of the future of BMC Remedy AR System and the associated Atrium and ITSM suites as tracking and infrastructure management tools in the face of rising and seemingly formidable competition... I have been seeing some of the competition progressively eating into the pie which was once largely dominated by BMC Remedy tools.. Almost seems like BMC needs to put some work into getting some of that pie back and quickly before it looses most of it.. Cheers Joe _____ From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of Theo Fondse (Gmail) Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2016 7:43 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: ARSlist Future Hi Dan, This is sad news for me, but I suppose it was inevitable with the way current market trends are going. Thanks for all these years of keeping the list up! s The ARSList was a life saver for me on a good number of occasions over the years and I've met some good folks here. Best Regards, Theo From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of Daniel Bloom Sent: 01 June 2016 22:37 To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: ADM: ARSlist Future ** I will be moving the ARSlist Community to BMC Communities. Where our members will still be the only ones that know why this is the Action Request System list and not the Remedy list. Some of the concerns expressed have been raised by me with BMC and I make this move with the assurance of non-interference and in fact increased co-operation for the good of the community. At least one server will stay commissioned until October, but various web sites and services you see will vanish between now and then as I work with BMC and my ISP. The URLs will be changed to point to the new home at the appropriate time, and I will continue with (likely monthly) updates over the summer. Note: WWRUG still exists and like any franchise of repeatable events, can return at any time with the same or a new cast :-) The Farewell to the Listserv based version of the ARSlist will be held at BMC:Engage, where the answers are. Cheers Daniel RAC 1995 [no number, they didn't have them yet] Founder of the ARSlist Chairman of WWRUG _ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_ _ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_ _ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_ _ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_ _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org "Where the Answers Are, and have been for 20 years"
