Open Stack

On 5/2/11 6:10 PM, "Soren Hansen" <soren at linux2go.dk> wrote:


>I just know from
>experience that try as I might, I'm not likely to maintain any sort of
>motivation to participate in forums for any useful amount of time.

And I think that would be the objective of the forums.  It doesn't make
sense for core-devs to answer questions like "What's the difference
between VLAN and Flat managers", when there are others that are willing to
contribute to the OpenStack community by answering these questions but
aren't active devs.

>It may be a cultural thing, so it may work out completely differently
>for OpenStack, but I think the number of Ubuntu core developers who
>frequent the Ubuntu forums can be counted on one hand. Probably even
>with fingers to spare.

And this I see as proof of the utility of forums, because without any
apparent input from the developers themselves, the Ubuntu forums are a
great place to find solutions to problems.  As an Ubuntu user, I've used
the forums many times to find answers to questions, and all (apparently)
without having to bother the developers at all.

Win win.

 -- Ron





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