That is an interesting option. A few years ago when we had a WWRUG Remedy server we kicked around the idea of replacing LISTSERV with a Remedy app. I had a few thoughts regarding UI and structure (I think I even may have started a mock up). We already had profile form that automated User record management and self-service registration/password reset.
We put the breaks on that thought when we started to discuss the LOE to build the app vs. how little ARSlist was being used. Personally I was a little burnt out from building, supporting. maintaining the WWRUG conference app (especially during conference week [for example I got what I needed to install and start to integrate MyIT with our custom app the day I arrived in Vegas lol!]). Throw in a few personal events and I was not going to be building the ARSlist app anytime soon. It would certainly be very cool to have the ARSlist run on Remedy. I think we still have a licensing challenge even with that approach (we all know Remedy is not free). Jason On Wed, Sep 27, 2017 at 11:16 AM, Joel D Sender <jdsen...@earthlink.net> wrote: > ** > > Misi, Jason and Daniel, > > Thank you for maintaining the ARSlist! > > > > I don’t know if this will help, but I once wrote an ARS replacement for > the ARSlist. > > It’s was built on ARS 5 or 6, so I’ll volunteer to do the upgrade/rewrite. > > > > If you have a ‘spare’ AR Server, this could be a ‘no additional cost’ > solution. > > Note that all subscribers will have Public (no-cost) licenses – but the > Submitter field will need to be locked. > > Of course, this would have all the Use Cases covered. > > > > I must admit that I dislike “… the idea of shutting down the List based on > … feelings” > > AND the difficulty I have with the BMC Communities interface. > > > > Just another option to consider, > > *Joel* > > Joel Sender * jdsen...@earthlink.net > > > > *From:* Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto: > arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] *On Behalf Of *Misi Mladoniczky > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 27, 2017 3:55 AM > *To:* arslist@ARSLIST.ORG > *Subject:* Re: ADM: ARSlist Future 2017 > > > > ** > > Hi, > > To me it also seems like the activity has gone down a lot on the list. > > Transferring to, GNU Mailman should not be that tough I think. And in > addition to that we need to put some archive search capabilities in place > (swish-e?). So all in all there will be some hours needed to get this going. > > I am happy to continue hosting the ARSList on my server, but I think we > need to go to an open source solution. > > Best Regards - Misi, RRR AB, http://www.rrr.se (ARSList MVP 2011) > > Ask the Remedy Licensing Experts (Best R.O.I. Award at WWRUG10/11/12/13) > * RRR|License - Not enough Remedy licenses? Save money by optimizing. > * RRR|Log - Performance issues or elusive bugs? Analyze your Remedy logs > Find these products, and many free tools and utilities, at http://rrr.se > > September 27, 2017 7:47 AM, "Jason Miller" <jason.mil...@gmail.com > <%22jason%20miller%22%20%3cjason.mil...@gmail.com%3e>> wrote: > > ** > > Hello everybody, > > It is time again to make some decisions regarding the future of the > ARSlist. Our LISTSERV (the software ARSlist runs on) license expires in a > little over 30 days. Dan, Misi and myself have been discussing where to go > from here. We agree with the current (low) volume of posts that (Dan) > continuing to pay for the ARSlist platform does not make much sense. > Clearly the ARSlist is not providing the value it one was (when it was the > only place to discuss Remedy topics). > > The options for the future at this time appear to be: > > - Move the ARSlist to a free mailing list platform. * > - Say goodbye to the ARSlist and shut it down all together. > - Money will come from somewhere to pay the license fee and the > ARSlist lives on for at least another year. > > There is a contingency with the first option. Assuming the platform the > List moves to is not a hosted system in the cloud, Misi, who has been > graciously hosting ARSlist LISTSERV on his server for the last year, will > not be able to make a software switch until after the T3SMAC conference > <http://tooltechtrain.com/> in November. If we give Misi a few days to > hangout in Vegas after the conference, get home, and setup a new mail list > system, we are looking at possibly a few week outage of the ARSlist while > things transition. If we find a platform that is hosted and doesn't require > shell access to Misi's server then I can work on the transition before the > conference. > > If anybody see additional options please let me know. Also I am open to > honest feedback. At heart I know none of us want to see the ARSlist go, it > has been here for us for many years. Shutting it down is not something to > be taken lightly. However being practical, do we reject the idea of > shutting down the List based on our feelings and not so much the value it > is providing in 2017? Since this post is really a continuation of a > conversation that started over a year ago, I wonder if maybe the time has > actually come to retire the ARSlist? > > Thank you, > > Jason > > _ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_ > > _ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_ > > > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient&utm_term=icon> > Virus-free. > www.avast.com > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient&utm_term=link> > <#m_3671240428291713963_m_-6338377822078547679_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> > _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"
