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Here's the bottom line for me. The mailing list is quick and easy. I suspect that is true of many if not most folks that receive these emails. In fact that easy part is key. I don't have to go anywhere to obtain the content. It comes to me. If I have to go find it, I am simply going to Google what I am looking for, and any discussion like this would be lost to me. Long ago I stopped participating on the iSeries News forums in favor of the midrange list. It was easier, less time consuming.
In addition, while OSS is interesting to me, most of my work is done in RPG. I believe that is true for many if not most of those who receive these lists. For me the community is here, not somewhere else, and I would rather the community stay here. If all OSS discussion moves elsewhere, I suspect I won't be a part of it on a regular basis because I just don't have the time to go cavorting over the web participating in this community and that. I guess that's the bottom line for me. In addition, if the OSS discussion is pulled from these lists, we are actively reinforcing the stereotype that RPG developers are stuck in the 80's. It is this information that needs to be here where the RPG community is, for the sake of the platform, to inform and perhaps persuade those old RPGers that there are alternatives on this platform, and it is useful to have more than one tool in your toolbox.
Mark Murphy
STAR BASE Consulting, Inc.
mmurphy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
-----Aaron Bartell <aaronbartell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: -----
To: IBMi Open Source Roundtable <opensource@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
From: Aaron Bartell <aaronbartell@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: 06/24/2016 10:25AM
Subject: [IBMiOSS] Collaboration discussion
Starting new thread. Was "ibm_db and itoolkit for Python". See original
thread here:
http://archive.midrange.com/opensource/201606/msg00081.html
BillG said: One thing I believe is that Aaron’s list misses certain
opportunities for synergy and that his characterizations are debatable.
Which characterization should we debate first?
Aaron Bartell
litmis.com - Services for open source on IBM i
midrange.com
