Re: Ozdotnet list

2017-04-04 Thread Stephen Price
rum. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Tony Wright Sent: Tuesday, April 4, 2017 1:07 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: Ozdotnet list That does worry me. First, I don't agree with broadening the scope of the list as it benefits from being

Re: Ozdotnet list

2017-04-04 Thread Mark Hurd
; they remained on the list. Great tie back to home, as you say! That's great > to hear. [image: 😊] > -- > *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com on > behalf of Matthew Lam > *Sent:* Tuesday, 4 April 2017 10:37:30 PM > *To:* ozDotNet > *Subject:* Re: Ozdo

RE: Ozdotnet list

2017-04-04 Thread David Kean
: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Tony Wright Sent: Tuesday, April 4, 2017 1:07 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: Ozdotnet list That does worry me. First, I don't agree with broadening the scope of the list as it benefits from being niche. Sec

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2017-04-04 Thread Stephen Price
tie back to home, as you say! That's great to hear. [😊] From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com on behalf of Matthew Lam Sent: Tuesday, 4 April 2017 10:37:30 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: Ozdotnet list Hi all, Been following since I started my career too. W

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2017-04-04 Thread Emily Waghorne
gt; > > Dang, my oldest email goes back to 02/12/2002. That's impressive. A lot > has changed over the years! > You guys are awesome, this list has helped me heaps over those 15ish > years. > > -- > *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com on &

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2017-04-04 Thread Matthew Lam
hat's impressive. A lot > has changed over the years! > You guys are awesome, this list has helped me heaps over those 15ish > years. > > -- > *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com on > behalf of Adrian Halid > *Sent:* Tuesday, 4 April 2017 7:

Re: Ozdotnet list

2017-04-04 Thread Stephen Price
anged over the years! You guys are awesome, this list has helped me heaps over those 15ish years. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com on behalf of Adrian Halid Sent: Tuesday, 4 April 2017 7:29:33 PM To: 'ozDotNet' Subject: RE: Ozdotnet list Will f

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2017-04-04 Thread Adrian Halid
Will follow the crowd. +1 for the email list format. Regards Adrian Halid From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of noonie Sent: Tuesday, 4 April 2017 7:24 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: Ozdotnet list Happy to move and follow the

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2017-04-04 Thread noonie
Happy to move and follow the crowd. I really do like the list format though. Gmail does a really good job with it and I'm afraid that I might just slide away if I had to visit yet another website :-p Lists are old fashioned but, like bow ties, they're still cool after all these years. -- noonie

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2017-04-04 Thread 罗格雷格博士
8:52 PM To: ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com Subject: Re: Ozdotnet list I still read occasionally, if only to see what Greg K is trying to tame next ;) Looking through my emails, I joined Stanski's list in 2002 (15 years!? eeep!) and moved across when the sever was in death-throes and Connors stepped up. I s

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2017-04-04 Thread Les Hughes
n...@ozdotnet.com> mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com>> on behalf of David Connors mailto:da...@connors.com>> *Sent:* Tuesday, 4 April 2017 11:08:03 AM *To:* ozDotNet *Subject:* Re: Ozdotnet list On Tue, 4 Apr 2017 at 13:06 Tony Wright mailto:tonyw...@gmail.com&

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2017-04-03 Thread Tony Wright
t's not applicable to them anymore and > they forgot they were on it... whatever the reason). > > > -- > *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com on > behalf of David Connors > *Sent:* Tuesday, 4 April 2017 11:08:03 AM > *To:* ozDotNet > *

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2017-04-03 Thread Stephen Price
.@ozdotnet.com on behalf of Stuff Box Sent: Tuesday, 4 April 2017 11:27:33 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: Ozdotnet list Ive been a lurker here for a long time (around 2003). I enjoy the banter and conversations. Moving to another platform probably would encourage me to participate more. Has anyone

Re: Ozdotnet list

2017-04-03 Thread Stuff Box
them anymore and they > forgot they were on it... whatever the reason). > > From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com on behalf > of David Connors > Sent: Tuesday, 4 April 2017 11:08:03 AM > To: ozDotNet > Subject: Re: Ozdotnet list > > On Tue, 4 Apr 2017 at 13:06 Tony

Re: Ozdotnet list

2017-04-03 Thread Stephen Price
From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com on behalf of David Connors Sent: Tuesday, 4 April 2017 11:08:03 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: Ozdotnet list On Tue, 4 Apr 2017 at 13:06 Tony Wright mailto:tonyw...@gmail.com>> wrote: That does worry me. First, I don't agree with broadening the scope o

Re: Ozdotnet list

2017-04-03 Thread David Connors
On Tue, 4 Apr 2017 at 13:06 Tony Wright wrote: > That does worry me. First, I don't agree with broadening the scope of the > list as it benefits from being niche. Secondly, moving to a new > environment, while exciting, could spell the end of the list as many > spectators won't bother making the

Re: Ozdotnet list

2017-04-03 Thread Greg Keogh
> > All welcome, I say. > I'm not racist, but, what about JavaScript developers? ;-) *GK*

Re: Ozdotnet list

2017-04-03 Thread Tony Wright
gh > *Sent:* Tuesday, 4 April 2017 9:52:52 AM > *To:* ozDotNet > *Subject:* Re: Ozdotnet list > > If Discourse tags conversations like other typical modern forums, then we > can have lots of easily identifiable sub-topics like .NET, C#, F#, Xamarin, > Android, WPF, VB Sucks, OT

Re: Ozdotnet list

2017-04-03 Thread Stephen Price
otNet Subject: Re: Ozdotnet list If Discourse tags conversations like other typical modern forums, then we can have lots of easily identifiable sub-topics like .NET, C#, F#, Xamarin, Android, WPF, VB Sucks, OT, etc. There are a hell of a lot of forums for IT, far too many I think, so we'll hav

Re: Ozdotnet list

2017-04-03 Thread Stephen Price
From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com on behalf of Preet Sangha Sent: Tuesday, 4 April 2017 10:28:49 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: Ozdotnet list As a non Oz developer (I'm in Auckland) I suppose I don't have much say. So I'll just add that my chief bug bear with of web boards is

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2017-04-03 Thread Preet Sangha
ts of hosting, and maybe even go towards promotion to >> other Aussie devs onboard. >> >> >> This is exciting! >> -- >> *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com on >> behalf of David Richards >> *Sent:* Tuesday, 4 April 2017 8

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2017-04-03 Thread Greg Keogh
n > behalf of David Richards > *Sent:* Tuesday, 4 April 2017 8:55:27 AM > *To:* ozDotNet > *Subject:* Re: Ozdotnet list > > I have no problem with the move. I've been on this list since sometime > around 2003/4. It's probably a bit ironic that a tech focused list i

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2017-04-03 Thread Stephen Price
ssie devs onboard. This is exciting! From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com on behalf of David Richards Sent: Tuesday, 4 April 2017 8:55:27 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: Ozdotnet list I have no problem with the move. I've been on this list since sometime ar

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2017-04-03 Thread David Richards
I have no problem with the move. I've been on this list since sometime around 2003/4. It's probably a bit ironic that a tech focused list is a bit behind in the tech department. Suggestions from me: 1. Open it up a bit rather than be focused on .net but make sure its made clear what category you

Re: Ozdotnet list

2017-04-03 Thread William Luu
I don't contribute here much either, but still read it whenever there's some interesting discussion. I welcome the move. However, I think most people would jump straight to their favourite search engines/StackOverflow when they have an issue. So I think that's part of why this last has become so i

Re: Ozdotnet list

2017-04-03 Thread David Connors
On Tue, 4 Apr 2017 at 09:56 Stephen Price wrote: > So far no negative responses. We'll do some trialing to make sure > Discourse is all it says. > I've been needing to rebuild the current server anyway as its Linux Kernel is too old for Azure + MailMan 3 is out now. I'll run up the docker image

Re: Ozdotnet list

2017-04-03 Thread Stephen Price
So far no negative responses. We'll do some trialing to make sure Discourse is all it says. We do need to decide as a group of we wish to continue the focus on Aussie dotnet Devs, or expand it to include other Aussie developers. Is there a difference these days? Naming is important and refactor

Re: Ozdotnet list

2017-04-03 Thread Glen Harvy
I know I don't contribute much but I do support the move although the move will likely not increase participation in itself. If you want to increase participation then we will need to promote the echoes and if at all possible gain some support from generous benefactors. Getting a web site pres

Re: Ozdotnet list

2017-04-03 Thread Wallace Turner
le to contain yourself > and will contribute to the codebase on Sunday mornings, right? > > > cheers > > Stephen > -- > *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com on > behalf of Greg Keogh > *Sent:* Monday, 3 April 2017 3:33:36 PM > *To:* oz

Re: Ozdotnet list

2017-04-03 Thread Stephen Price
won't be able to contain yourself and will contribute to the codebase on Sunday mornings, right? cheers Stephen From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com on behalf of Greg Keogh Sent: Monday, 3 April 2017 3:33:36 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: Ozdotnet list S

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2017-04-03 Thread Greg Keogh
Steve, a brave suggestion. This group's traffic has decreased dramatically in recent years. I presume we're all world-class experts now and don't need to ask questions that often! A fresh forum with a modern UI and features sounds quite attractive, as opposed to an old fashioned e-mailing list, but

Ozdotnet list

2017-04-03 Thread Stephen Price
It's been some years since the big move to Mr Connors gracious hosting of the eList. Thanks for that by the way David! For whatever reason it lives on, despite the low traffic. Perhaps it's the entertainment value of people who live/vent there. Hard to measure. I expect David would have a way t