Alexei replied that new fora can be requested by sending a note to
dwfo...@us.ibm.com. Including the required info below. While the ibm
newsgroups have mostly been silent for many years, I still had them on
my list. It's a shame they never got the kind of use that I thought they
would. The only one with any real activity that I was watching was the
TCP one and I'm guessing that that at least will be missed.
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Hi Don,
Below is the form and contact to apply for a new web forum on the dW
server:
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Requests for new developerWorks forums should be sent to:
dwfo...@us.ibm.com
We will respond to the requestor with an e-mail containing the
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Requestor:
dW zone
(primary, secondary):
Forum title:
Forum description:
Welcome text:
Date needed:
Beta or GA:
Forum administrators
Audience:
Migration:
Public:
Requestor: The name of the individual who is sponsoring the forum.
Additional contact names can be provided, if necessary.
dW zone
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metrics.
For instance, a discussion forum for WebSphere would be listed in the
developerWorks Websphere forum index, and forum metrics would be
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if
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* Lotus
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* WebSphere
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* Linux
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* SOA and Web services
* Web development
* XML
Non-standard choices which may require customization include:
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For technologies, this is usually one or more topical keywords that
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Forum description: A short paragraph explaining what topics the forum
will address.
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Welcome text: The welcome message that should be posted to the
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Forum administrators: A list of individuals who have been identified
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forum.
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* Software developers, architects, product administrators (such as
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Migration: Does a pre-existing forum exist elsewhere whose contents
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sized
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Don Poitras wrote:
>
> Alexei,
> I don't see any topics comparable to ibm.software.assemblr or any of
> the many other mainframe groups. Are they hidden, or is there a plan to
> add more fora?
>
> Alexei Gabler wrote:
> >
> > This Newsgroup is closing. IBM invites participants of this Newsgroup to
> > join one or more of the IBM developerWorks Web forums and community spaces
> > at http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/forums/index.html. You will find
> > comparable topics there.
> >
> > This Newsgroup will no longer accept new postings and will remain available
> > as "Read Only" through by 12/31/2009.
> >
> > Questions can be directed to swgwe...@us.ibm.com.
> >
> > Thank you for participating in this Newsgroup.
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Don Poitras - zSeries R & D - SAS Institute Inc. - SAS Campus Drive
mailto:sas...@sas.com (919)531-5637 Fax:677-4444 Cary, NC 27513
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