On Feb 06, 2007, at 12:06 UTC, Dirk Cleenwerck wrote: > I conclusion it feels to me like REAL is not fully understanding the > fact that their most experienced users are not located on the forums > but on the *mailing* lists, and that by shutting the lists down will > lose the valuable help these people are providing for free.
I fully agree. > And yes it is possible to start up our own lists, but they won't be > official RB lists, so that will never be the same. True, but in some (many?) ways they may be better. Few RS employees ever read the official lists anyway, except for me, and sometimes Mars or Jon. Aaron used to, but abandoned them quite a while back. So I don't think we're losing very much (especially if we can convince Mars and/or Jon to participate in the new list). In addition, if we decide to write our own list software, there are some nifty new features we could add that would really help dealing with the volume of this list -- like the ability to "ignore" (not receive any further messages in) a particular thread. We'll be discussing these possibilities on [EMAIL PROTECTED] starting today. > I also don't believe that > REAL will be able to force those experienced users to switch to a > format they hate (and it think hate is the right word considering > the storm that broke out on the *mailing* list as a result of this > decision), so the free help that these valuable people provide will > be lost for everyone but the few that actively search the internet > to see where they can find help for RB from outside of REAL. True, but I hope that such searches will quickly lead them to the "other" community resource, which they may soon learn is much easier and more useful than the forums. Forums are great for asking questions, but lousy for answering them, which is why you tend to get better answers on a mailing list. Best, - Joe -- Joe Strout -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Verified Express, LLC "Making the Internet a Better Place" http://www.verex.com/ _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> REAL Software has decided to consolidate this mailing list with the online Forums. On Monday, February 12, 2007, this mailing list will no longer be active. We encourage you to continue your REALbasic and REAL SQL Server discussions on the Forums. If you are not presently a member of the forum, please sign up today at <http://forums.realsoftware.com>.
