[Default] On 18 Aug 2018 09:27:50 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main charl...@mcn.org (Charles Mills) wrote:
>I know this has come up here before. It also came up at the IBM closed >session at SHARE. I confess I did not fully understand it before and I >promised I would write a follow-up on IBM-MAIN. > >Yes, IBM-MAIN is wonderful but it has some shortcomings, such as topic >drift, repeat questions, and a somewhat difficult search interface. It is >also not the way the Gen-Xers do things, and without Gen-Xers, the mainframe >is going to die. > >I use https://stackoverflow.com/. I really like it. Check out the >programming questions there (NONE of them mainframe-specific). > >The proposed mainframe Web-based discussion list is here: >http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/118484/mainframes > >Given the different look and feel, I thought stackexchange was a >"competitor" or "clone" of stackoverflow and kind of wrote off the earlier >discussion here. But nay, it is the "parent" or something like that. >https://stackexchange.com/sites > >Here is the deal. In order for the mainframe group to become real, they need >people to "commit" to it. Here is what commitment means: "I commit to >participate actively in Mainframes for at least three months, especially >during the private beta, and to ask or answer at least ten questions." > I have never participated in any of the stack forums. I am a long retired MVS systems programmer and COBOL application programmer analyst. Which slack forums should I join? Until I get a stack reputation is my presence worthwhile for supporting the mainframe? Clark Morris >Your "commitment" carries much more weight if you have a reputation score of >200 or above on any other stackxxxxx site. You get points by answering >questions, especially if your answers are up-voted by others. I had not paid >much attention to that on stackoverflow so I have a score of only 103. I >have registered now on stackoverflow to be notified of mainframe questions >so hopefully I can answer some questions and improve my reputation score. > >If you have a reputation score of more than 200 on any stackxxxxx site you >can really help by committing AND making sure you use the same userid on all >stackxxxxx sites so that the mainframe group is "aware" of your reputation. > >I was unclear on all of this. Hope this helps. If this is old news to you, >please just hit delete. > >But please consider committing to the mainframe site, for your benefit and >for the benefit of the platform. >http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/118484/mainframes > >Charles Mills > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
