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[Soren Hansen <soren@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

2011/5/3 Ron Pedde <ron.pedde@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> On 5/2/11 6:10 PM, "Soren Hansen" <soren@xxxxxxxxxxx> 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.

Excellent points!

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