[Qgis-psc] Re: [Qgis-user] Closure of forum

[Noli Sicad]

Jonathan,

Spot on (British?), Bull eye (American), Das Stimmt / Genau (German)
on your observation on first port of call for new users who are use to
non FOSS software for forum support.

I wonder why I don't like forums :-), not a member of QGIS forum.

Noli



On 4/4/12, jonathanmoules at warwickshire.gov.uk
<jonathanmoules at warwickshire.gov.uk> wrote:
> I think the bigger issue evidenced by this users question is that s/he
> doesn't know where these things are or that they exist. In my experience
> the for most non-Open Source software that doesn't come with an expensive
> support contract, the way you get support is via a forum; that would
> certainly explain why its the first port of call for new users.
> A relatively quick "win" would be the QGIS website making it clear what
> the avenues are and how to get to them in a nice obvious clean page.
> Jonathan
>
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> From:   Tim Sutton <tim at linfiniti.com>
> To:     Gary Sherman <gsherman at geoapt.com>
> Cc:     qgis-psc at lists.osgeo.org, qgis-developer List
> <qgis-developer at lists.osgeo.org>, qgis-user <qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org>
> Date:   03/04/2012 22:26
> Subject:        Re: [Qgis-psc] Re: [Qgis-user] Closure of forum
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> Hi
>
> On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 11:04 PM, Gary Sherman <gsherman at geoapt.com> wrote:
>> I received this from a forum user:
>>
>> "I have seen that this forum is closing and I'm wondering where
> conversations unrelated to questions and answers will go to now? i.e.
> experiences in using QGIS, directions for development, resources being
> developed to support QGIS, training events, etc. "
>>
>
> Don't the mailing lists cover all that? I know email is old school but
> it works and at least we are not making people use usenet...
>
> There is also stackexchange...
>
> Regards
>
> Tim
>
>> Your thoughts are appreciated.
>>
>> -gary
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