Re: A 400 thing happened on the way to the forum.

Phil,

In a message dated 2/19/99 5:36:48 PM Eastern Standard Time, hallp@ssax.com
writes:

> > Uhmmm, gee, Phil, I don't recall implying that participation 
>  > in the forum was mandatory.  
>  
>  This wasn't the point I was making.  I'd really like to spend all of my
>  time in all the midrange forums/list/newsgroups, but this work thing
>  gets in the way (well, it's the paying the bills thing that causes the
>  work thing to get in the way ;-)
>  
>  My point was that as the internet expands, there will far too many
>  places to go for midrange info, I hope that this doesn't dilute the
>  usefulness of the current sites.

I have to agree here.  Everything I've heard so far is an excuse to *NOT
enroll in the new group.  What does it offer that is new?  Nothing.  What
integrity does it offer that MIDRANGE-L doesn't?  None.  I don't really see
the point, other than pushing Synapse products, which Jerry does enough of
here and was stated wouldn't be done on the new forum anyway.  So what's the
point?

>  > The trouble with the other 
>  > "general purpose" forums you mention, with the exception 
>  > of this mailing list, are that they are run for the benefit 
>  > of the vendor and/or its advertisers, not its users. 
>  
>  Exactly, but there is useful information shared on these forums, that
>  might not make it to this list, and in the future, with more resources
>  to go check, you could post a question in one forum and wait for weeks
>  for help, but post it in another and help arrives in minutes.

I see no reason to further fragment the midrange community.  When I first
started on the 'Net five years ago, there weren't that many resources.  These
days, there are too many, IMO.  David's list was the first, and will always be
the best as far as I'm concerned...

>  My concern is simply that in the future I'd miss some really useful info
>  because it was posted somewhere I didn't visit.

Exactly.  The newsgroup posts too much volume to be useful, as far as I'm
concerned.  This list is getting unwieldy, and I cannot imagine belonging to
another.  IGNITE/400 is good for its' focus on internet issues, but another
general purpose list is out of the question within _MY_ time constraints.

<<snip>>

Dean Asmussen
Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
E-Mail:  DAsmussen@aol.com

"Lots of folks confuse bad management with destiny." -- Kay Hubbard
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