I believe that should be http://askubuntu.com/
Everett On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 8:36 AM, Jordan Rinke <jor...@openstack.org> wrote: > Interesting because Ron very specifically mentioned being able to find > useful and relevant information on the Ubuntu forums without bothering devs > at the beginning of this discussion (which Soren then noted as an excellent > point). > > We don't have an extended answer from Anne yet, but she did vote Yes on the > survey (unless someone else used her name since there is no real auth). > > -----Original Message----- > From: Thierry Carrez [mailto:thie...@openstack.org] > Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 9:27 AM > To: Jordan Rinke > Cc: openstack@lists.launchpad.net > Subject: Re: [Openstack] Creating a forum > > Jordan Rinke wrote: > > I think a purely QnA site misses the mark a little, that style is > > great for a very specific question (And the OSQnA stuff Everett linked > > looks great) but I think a lot of users are lacking the knowledge to > > ask a very specific question just yet. So maybe it is that we need a > > place for random discussion, but that can also specifically answer a > question as well. > > If you take Ubuntu (arguably one of the largest software-related forums in > the world), the forums are completely ignored by developers, so it relies > on > a completely separate user community. It is a source for wrong (or > outdated) > technical answers and user frustration. > > They recently set up a stackexchange site at ask.ubuntu.com, and it is a > huge success. Developers and users contribute to it, and it's a valuable > and > continuously-updated source of information. > > I don't want us to run into the same failure before realizing there is a > better and more targeted tool available... Personally I would ignore forums > (since they are a waste of time), but contribute to the stackexchange site > (since they are an easy way to contribute reference information). > > > 77.8% voting for a forum at this point (out of 18 responses) > > I would wait on Anne's answer before taking any hasty decision based on a > binary poll. > > -- > Thierry Carrez (ttx) > Release Manager, OpenStack > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack > Post to : openstack@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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