RE: Is this the Free-Format that we asked for?

[Joel Fritz <JFritz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You can get to the forums on the siteformerlyknownasNews400 by filling out a
registration form.  You can answer the demographic questions _any_ way you
like. Some of the content, like most of the articles, requires a paid
subscription.  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scott Klement [mailto:klemscot@klements.com]
> Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 2:38 PM
> To: RPG400-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: Is this the Free-Format that we asked for?
> 
> 
> 
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> On Thu, 2 Nov 2000 rob@dekko.com wrote:
> > 
> > As much as many of us hate the as400network forums I think 
> that if we want
> > any real input then we need to go there with this.
> > 
> > I appreciate the original poster telling us about it.  May 
> we have the link
> > again?
> > 
> 
> I guess I could discuss this on the web forums on the 
> as400network site,
> as luck would have it, I subscribe to NEWS/400 and therefore have a 
> membership.
> 
> What I don't like about this idea, however, is the fact that 
> IBM picked
> a pay site to discuss this topic.  Both the "midrange.com" 
> mailling lists,
> AND the comp.sys.ibm.as400.misc newsgroup are free, and open 
> to everyone.
> The as400network thing is a pay site that requires you to 
> "sign up", and
> therefore is more like a "private club".   
> 
> Yikes, they might as well have had the discussion in a chat 
> room on AOL.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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