I entirely agree. There is nothing wrong with the forum as it is. The CNCZone is not open and could go to a paid subscription service in a heartbeat.
Dave On 1/24/2012 9:56 AM, John Thornton wrote: > Why on earth would you want to close down the LinuxCNC forum and shift > to a commercial laden for profit forum? There is nothing more annoying > that waiting for all the commercials to load and clutter up your screen > at the zone. Do you work for or derive profit the zone? > > John > > On 1/24/2012 7:47 AM, Sven Wesley wrote: > >> 2012/1/24 gene heskett<ghesk...@wdtv.com> >> >> >>> On Monday, January 23, 2012 11:57:10 PM Jeff Epler did opine: >>> >>> >>>> Michael, >>>> >>>> I would like to address your concerns over the quality of the rebranding >>>> changes and the degree of consideration that they were given before they >>>> were made. I can speak only for myself here, and I have my "linuxcnc >>>> developer" hat on as I write this.. >>>> >>>> I don't have any trouble admitting that some of the changes I've pushed >>>> to v2.5_branch since the announcement may have been hasty and may >>>> require fine-tuning, if not outright reversion. Personally, I felt like >>>> a huge burden had been lifted from me by the announcement; now I could >>>> finally *do something* about this problem that has been hanging over our >>>> project for months. >>>> >>>> On the other hand, I still think the approach of starting by renaming >>>> stuff and then fixing what broke was the right one. If I had waited to >>>> push the changes until they were perfect, collaborating with my fellow >>>> developers would have been more difficult. >>>> >>>> Also in retrospect, a rebranding branch would have been a good idea >>>> (allowing collaboration while not leaving v2.5_branch unstable for days >>>> and days) but that, too, is water under the bridge. Starting a branch >>>> now will not benefit anyone, since v2.5_branch would be just as broken >>>> as it is now until the rebranding branch was merged. (and reverting the >>>> v2.5_branch to before the rebranding seems a very severe choice, because >>>> many people have already pulled these commits) >>>> >>>> The v2.5_branch is actually in pretty good shape now, AFAIK. Where it's >>>> not, let's talk about and address the specific technical issues. >>>> >>>> I hope that you will continue in supporting and contributing to our >>>> project. >>>> >>>> Jeff >>>> >> I both agree and disagree. >> I do think that LinuxCNC is a better name than EMC2, but I think a renaming >> process could have been handled differently. >> I also think that the communication and evolution of EMC2/LinuxCNC has >> decreased a lot. >> >> See this as a good time to restart this project! >> >> 1. Andy's idea of a white/black list is a VERY good start to proceed and to >> make this a fresh restart. Just do it. >> >> 2. Make a public Roadmap! Best case, make it voteable. I rather see 2 >> known-to-public well implemented features than 10 halfway coded surprises. >> >> 3. There are too many info channels! Close down the forum on the LinuxCNC >> website ASAP! It doesn't work, Google can't make correct forward links and >> some browsers fail to show it. There is an active forum at cnczone (I'll >> fix the renaming), there's a working mailing list (also active). There is a >> more or less dead website, the wiki is somewhat updated but still there are >> obsolete chapters or dead links (I promise to update the wiki myself more >> frequently in the future). >> >> >> At last, I will not put any energy into a debate about right or wrong name. >> I see this as an opportunity to make a "restart" and make this fantastic >> system better and future secured. Many people have spent so many hours in >> this project and we should take care of that! >> >> Regards, >> Sven >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! >> The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers >> is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, >> Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d >> _______________________________________________ >> Emc-users mailing list >> Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! > The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers > is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, > Metro Style Apps, more. 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