To your point... I turn off all emails from BMC Communities however I would likely add a "stream" for ARSlist that does email me (each post/reply) and update my email rules to put it in my ARSlist bucket like I have been doing for the last +10 years. My ARSlist flow would basically stay the same.
Jason On Fri, Jun 10, 2016 at 10:27 AM arslist <arsl...@danielbloom.ca> wrote: > ** > > Joe et al, > > > > First and foremost: BMC is our friend. It is their software we are experts > in, and yes there are heated discussions at times about the actions or > direction of BMC, but in the end, relative to the flexibility and power of > a set of functionality that has evolved and kept current with changing > technology, IMHO it has no real match. Sadly many companies have chosen to > move to lesser platforms, c’est la vie. However, if we are here, we have > not. Or not entirely yet. > > > > I can’t think of a single reason BMC would want it’s largest Developer > Community to disappear [even if some BMC VPs from time to time wonder why > it exists until it is all explained to them], so I don’t see them risking > our good will by interfering with a discussion group that their management > doesn’t understand anyway, and the BMC folks that do get what we are doing, > are their developers, once again our friends. > > > > To clarify what Stan is doing, or what I thought he was doing: if he could > find a couple of corporate sponsors I would keep the ARSlist running on the > current platform, even if I feel the best route is now BMC:Communities. > > > > I fundamentally do not like personal donations, the people that contribute > the most to the list are the ones that would donate. > > The people that learn and benefit the most from the list sit in the > background and do not volunteer to donate. > > > > [the above statement is based on the people I have heard from who ask if > they can contribute to keep it running on the current platform]. > > > > If we move the list to other’s servers and\or someone else is running the > list, I see no benefits versus moving the ARSlist to communities (and > either me or other non-BMC developers running it there). > > > > It will still be our Community, a community is about the people not the > technology we use to communicate with, it can still send emails, and I > suspect most of you are on BMC:Communities anyway so now you just have to > go to one place when you want to log in and search for information. > > > > I am listening to the concerns in terms of functionality and will work > inside and outside of BMC to try to make it all happen. Archives and > sending of email is easy. Daily Digest at bit more difficult so it might be > a few months before that is in place [I have a few thoughts]. > > > > > > Dan > > Founder of the ARSlist > > Chairman of WWRUG > > > > > > > > > > *From:* Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto: > arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] *On Behalf Of *Joe D'Souza > *Sent:* June 9, 2016 6:35 PM > > > *To:* arslist@ARSLIST.ORG > *Subject:* Re: Keeping the ARSList going as it is. > > > > ** > > Just did a few moments ago from my personal email.. > > > > Joe > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [ > mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG <arslist@ARSLIST.ORG>] *On Behalf Of *Stan > Feinstein > *Sent:* Tuesday, June 07, 2016 7:44 PM > *To:* arslist@ARSLIST.ORG > *Subject:* Re: Keeping the ARSList going as it is. > > > > Joe, > > > > We are working that off-line. If you’d like to make a contribution, > please contact me at st...@projectremedies.com. I can give you the > details. > > > > Stan > > w. 310-230-1722 > > c. 310-428-5748. > > > _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"
