** Paul Morgan-Roach <[email protected]> [2010-10-14 18:51]: > On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 2:32 PM, Paul Tansom <[email protected]> wrote: > > Support wise, I can sympathise, although based on experience when asking > > questions on Windows forums. The first one that comes to mind is Experts > > Exchange (now a pay site and abandoned), but there have been others. > <snip> > > EE is still a very active site - and probably one of the best IT general > knowledge support sites out there. I maintain my free membership by > answering a couple of questions each month & I would recommend to any IT > Pro's/technically savvy users out there that this is a good way to find out > information when you need it in a hurry (I usually find an answer is > forthcoming within an hour or 2, if it's not already in the knowledge > base... > > My issue with general forums (particularly the Ubuntu forums due to the > number of users) is that there are loads of competent users giving good > advice....but the noise ratio is dire. EE tends to have a better quality > response.... > > It's horses for courses I suppose...but I personally find EE extremely > helpful in times of crisis :) ** end quote [Paul Morgan-Roach]
That's interesting. Your reply prompted me to go back and take another look and I could log in. I seem to remember when I last tried I got a message up insisting that I pay a subscription to do anything on the site. I may visit again. That said, in spite of joining the site in August 1998 I've only asked 3 questions - two of which have been deleted with no response at all, and the third has 3 responses; one that wasn't any help, one from me detailing the fix I found elsewhere, and a final one from the only responder wishing me well! Ho hum! -- Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | http://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 ====================================================================== Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Crawford House, Hambledon Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6NU -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
