Open Stack

So, you are saying you *would* visit a forum... awesome we are moving in the right direction now. 

-----Original Message-----
From: "Ed Leafe" <ed.leafe at rackspace.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 5, 2011 2:51pm
To: "Jordan Rinke" <jordan at openstack.org>
Cc: "Chad Keck" <chad at chadkeck.com>, "openstack at lists.launchpad.net" <openstack at lists.launchpad.net>
Subject: Re: [Openstack] Creating a forum

On May 5, 2011, at 2:06 PM, Jordan Rinke wrote:

> I don't see why developers are weighing in so heavily on something specifically for the user community? Many of you have specifically said you wouldn't visit a forum so why do you care so much about what software it uses, or if it even exists?


	I can't speak for others, but I'm not 1-dimensional.

	While I may be a nova developer, and a dev on a few other projects, I'm a user on a much greater number of projects, and have a good idea of what has worked and not worked for me as a user. I've also gotten feedback from my users on projects I run, and together this experience has formed my opinions.

	As for why I might care, just because some have said they wouldn't visit doesn't mean that no developer will visit. My guess is that a great many will want to, and that number will depend on the form such a forum might take. I also care what the user experience is for a newcomer to the OpenStack community; like other developers, I have a lot of my own work invested in the project, and want it to succeed.



-- Ed Leafe



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