It is great to see interest in the StackExchange Mainframe site again. I
don't totally buy in to all the StackExchange rules & procedures*, but I
do grant that some smart people have thought about and tried quite a few
things to try and get it right. That said, the current status of
"Mainframes" is something like limbo, where no technical activity is
happening (and so much opportunity lost). This is the so-called
"commitment" stage, well-described by someone else. I hate this stage.
But as soon as it qualifies (again, described well in other posts), we
can start using it, and some of us might even like it.
There are a couple of things to note though: 1. It isn't a discussion
group; StackExchange is Q&A site, for getting answers to questions, and
solutions to problems. While IBM-MAIN certainly does that now, the
infrastructure of S/E should help get better answers. 2. Anything that
doesn't meet S/E criteria could and should remain with IBM-MAIN, and
there's no law against some cross-over either.
Anyway, I second all the advice and encouragement to get on the
"committer" list.
sas
* Some "rules" are routinely and flagrantly ignored (particularly the
ban on answers in comments).
On 8/18/2018 13:13, Ed Jaffe wrote:
On 8/18/2018 9:27 AM, Charles Mills wrote:
The proposed mainframe Web-based discussion list is here:
http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/118484/mainframes
I just committed to this proposal...
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