Good point. Not much more I can say in response to your message. Cat got my tounge i spose. I would like to see the forum have a fair go anywhos and see if it can actually become usefull and not just a waste of resources. Rermeber it is not to take over the maillinglist, but as a palce to tlak in depth about problems and off topic talk.
Here is the site again. http://debian.jdcomputers.com.au On Mon, September 25, 2006 11:18 am, Paul E Condon said: > On Mon, Sep 25, 2006 at 09:38:50AM +1000, Julian De Marchi wrote: >> The purpose of the forum was not to ake over the mailing list, but >> assist >> is more in-depth problems and a way of people to find common issues, >> instead of using the maillist to ask for problems which have already >> been >> addressesed. Is'nt it funny that, when the topic is first mentioned, not >> many people have anything to say. But when someone does something, >> everyone has their two cents to add in. >> >> I am NOT trying to take over any of the other forums. Sorry if it seemed >> that way. I wish to create a place for people to talk about more in >> depth >> problems, where the answers can be archived and retrived by all. Forums >> will never beat mailling lists! >> >> I am aware that there are other forums out there. I am just trying to >> give >> back to the Debian community, as I have been giving so much. >> >> Please appreciate my efforts, and instead of trying to tell me it is >> wrong, give useful suggestions. > > A major difficulty with this suggestion is, IMHO, the question of > expert resources, that is to say the time of people whose answers to > questions are actually useful. These people seem not to be interested > in yet another forum/list/whatever that they feel obliged to > watch. (At least this is the impression I get from the responses that > I have seen to other, prior suggestions of this general sort.) I think > the 'good answer people' are a scarce resource that should be handled > carefully. Personnally, I fail to see how this proposal would use this > scarce resource more effectively, so I am fearful about giving it a > try. What happens if the 'good answer people' stop paying attention > and stop noticing to pleas for help? Not good. > -- > Paul E Condon > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Regards, Julian De Marchi JD Computer Hosting ----------------------- WWW: http://hosting.jdcomputers.com.au Support: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sales: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]