On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 17:16:20 -0400, Eloi George wrote:
> ... forums provide a way to get the more non-technical involved /
> interested in the product. ... Ledger-SMB seems to be more targeting the
> small to medium business owner that can't afford an IT person and
> doesn't have the time or patien
Hi;
On 8/23/07, Eloi George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>
> Ok, I see what you mean. However my assertion was never about what
> should be the -main- thrust of communication. That's decided by the
> community. I'm just saying that forums provide a way to get the more
> non-technical involved
Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> I am disagreeing. The main thrust of communication about all of the
> above is mailing lists, not web based forums, with the exception of
> maybe Ubuntu.
>
Ok, I see what you mean. However my assertion was never about what
should be the -main- thrust of communication
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Eloi George wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Sorry for the late response. Forgot to add this mailing list to my
> daily ToDos.
> I think it's great that it simply turned out to be a case of
> miscommunication & that things are moving along again!
>
> There was
Hi!
Sorry for the late response. Forgot to add this mailing list to my
daily ToDos.
I think it's great that it simply turned out to be a case of
miscommunication & that things are moving along again!
There was a confusing reply to my post however...
Joshua D. Drake wrote:
>> As a matter of
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Chris Bennett wrote:
> OK, I will wait to see what you come up with and work within those
> guidelines
> The site is currently very rough so I need to do some more work before
> any links are "officially" given out.
> I never intended to keep the
OK, I will wait to see what you come up with and work within those
guidelines
The site is currently very rough so I need to do some more work before
any links are "officially" given out.
I never intended to keep the look that the site has now, it was just
intended as a quick way to throw up
OK, I will wait to see what you come up with and work within those
guidelines
The site is currently very rough so I need to do some more work before
any links are "officially" given out.
I never intended to keep the look that the site has now, it was just
intended as a quick way to throw up
Just to expand on this-- the other reason for asking people to take credit
for infrastructure beyond our control is that it shows people that we *do*
have an active community who are involved in the pushing the project
forward. It is nice to show that off a little :-)
I will be submitting draft g
Hi Chris;
Sorry for the misunderstandings. I never heard back from you so... maybe
everyone is talking past eachother. My appologies too :-)
The concerns were just that the web site design and domain name gave the
impression that they were a part of our core infrastructure while the core
team d
Chris Travers wrote:
> Hi;
>
> I think there are questions as to the utility of forums. I will give
> my list of pros/cons here.
>
> Pros:
> There is some question whether our target market will be happier on
> forums as we move into more of the Quickbooks Basic market. Maybe.
>
> Cons:
>
Hi;
I think there are questions as to the utility of forums. I will give my
list of pros/cons here.
Pros:
There is some question whether our target market will be happier on forums
as we move into more of the Quickbooks Basic market. Maybe.
Cons:
Mailing lists allow for generally better co
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Ed W wrote:
> Hi
ion is frequently better than it is on most
> mailing list archives). I guess it's just like the netnews guys who
> moan that it's a much better system than email, and yet how many
> projects reach for a newsgroup before they setup
Hi
> I wasn't going to say anything, but now that Josh has I'll chime in too. I
> agree with Josh's statement above, and I can add to it. One of my current
> clients (a fairly popular distro vendor) actually tried to move to forums
> about a year or so ago. The backlash was so bad that they ha
On Thursday 09 August 2007 12:27:30 Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> > As a matter of fact, I usually require the existence of an open Forum
> > before seriously considering any software for use or recommendation.
> > To date it has been the perfect litmus test. Since then, I've never
> > picked any dead-
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I completely agree with what you're doing -- as a contributor to other
> open-source projects I can attest that mailing lists only benefit
> project developers and some technologically-literate users.
> Mainstream acce
I completely agree with what you're doing -- as a contributor to other
open-source projects I can attest that mailing lists only benefit
project developers and some technologically-literate users.
Mainstream acceptance only comes when there is an active user
community. That can't happen o
On 4/15/07, Chris Bennett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>> If you want to advertise your business as sponsoring it, all the
>> better.
>
> I thought long and hard about that,
> but decided that the value of external links was greater than any negative
> opinions about it.
> I had a hard hard time
"Please state specifically that you are running this
for the community as a donation to the larger community as a whole."
No Problem! Yes. This forum project is a donation to the community, whole, part
or pieces.
I will also say that I am offering my services, not my own idea of what is
desired
Hi;
Here is my thinking:
If you are going to do something like this, you really want to take
credit for this. Please state specifically that you are running this
for the community as a donation to the larger community as a whole.
If you want to advertise your business as sponsoring it, all the
b
Hi,
I've been lurking for a while watching LSMB develop, very pleased with
what I see.
There were posts about a need for a forum but no one stepped up.
I think a forum will be a big usability step forward for many
users/potential users.
I also think a forum will allow some advantages with section
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