I believe that should be <a href="http://askubuntu.com/">http://askubuntu.com/</a><div><br></div><div>Everett<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 8:36 AM, Jordan Rinke <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jordan@openstack.org">jordan@openstack.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Interesting because Ron very specifically mentioned being able to find<br>
useful and relevant information on the Ubuntu forums without bothering devs<br>
at the beginning of this discussion (which Soren then noted as an excellent<br>
point).<br>
<br>
We don't have an extended answer from Anne yet, but she did vote Yes on the<br>
survey (unless someone else used her name since there is no real auth).<br>
<div class="im"><br>
-----Original Message-----<br>
From: Thierry Carrez [mailto:<a href="mailto:thierry@openstack.org">thierry@openstack.org</a>]<br>
</div><div class="im">Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 9:27 AM<br>
To: Jordan Rinke<br>
Cc: <a href="mailto:openstack@lists.launchpad.net">openstack@lists.launchpad.net</a><br>
Subject: Re: [Openstack] Creating a forum<br>
<br>
Jordan Rinke wrote:<br>
</div><div class="im">> I think a purely QnA site misses the mark a little, that style is<br>
> great for a very specific question (And the OSQnA stuff Everett linked<br>
> looks great) but I think a lot of users are lacking the knowledge to<br>
> ask a very specific question just yet. So maybe it is that we need a<br>
> place for random discussion, but that can also specifically answer a<br>
question as well.<br>
<br>
</div>If you take Ubuntu (arguably one of the largest software-related forums in<br>
the world), the forums are completely ignored by developers, so it relies on<br>
a completely separate user community. It is a source for wrong (or outdated)<br>
technical answers and user frustration.<br>
<br>
They recently set up a stackexchange site at <a href="http://ask.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">ask.ubuntu.com</a>, and it is a<br>
huge success. Developers and users contribute to it, and it's a valuable and<br>
continuously-updated source of information.<br>
<br>
I don't want us to run into the same failure before realizing there is a<br>
better and more targeted tool available... Personally I would ignore forums<br>
(since they are a waste of time), but contribute to the stackexchange site<br>
(since they are an easy way to contribute reference information).<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> 77.8% voting for a forum at this point (out of 18 responses)<br>
<br>
</div>I would wait on Anne's answer before taking any hasty decision based on a<br>
binary poll.<br>
<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
--<br>
Thierry Carrez (ttx)<br>
Release Manager, OpenStack<br>
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