[Default] On 7 May 2020 19:02:28 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main che...@watsonwalker.com (Cheryl Watson Walker) wrote:
>Hi all, > > > >We'll I'm a little embarrassed. I was just told offline about a link that >Lionel Dyck posted here last October that described the coming of the calamity >that just occurred - https://developer.ibm.com/dw-connections-sunset-faq/. (As >a side note the creators of that FAQ werent even kind enough to create hot >links for all of the other portals. Web pages and hot links arent all that >difficult people!) The FAQ said that owners of content on DeveloperWorks could >move their content to other locations by the end of March. This is assuming >that they were still employed by IBM and had the time to move the content. Of >course, IBM could not provide them with the original content. > Does IBM somewhere have a backup of the Developer Works files? They did make backups, didn't they? Profs backups caught Ollie North. Clark Morris > >We had posted almost 100 links in our Tuning Letter to useful material on >DeveloperWorks and now none of them work. It will take time, but I hope to go >through all of our links and reach out to the authors to find where they are >now posting items. > > > >So I went to the new website - https://www.ibm.com/community/, signed up, and >started looking at it. With the optional portals listed in the FAQ and this >new community website, it just seems like IBM wants to remove as much >technical information as possible and replace it with marketing. If anyone >knows how to search the new community website, please let me know. If Im not >ready to buy a product, the community is not doing anything for me. > > > >P.S. Aled thanks for your post. I have always had the highest respect for >Timothy and Mark, and I really appreciate how much they support the customers. > > > >Still a little bitter about the deletions > >Cheryl > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Cheryl Watson <che...@watsonwalker.com> >Sent: Wednesday, May 6, 2020 12:39 PM >To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU >Cc: Cheryl Watson <che...@watsonwalker.com> >Subject: IBM Developerworks is gone! > > > >Hi all, > > > >Remember when IBM went through and deleted from their websites what they >considered "old" manuals and documentation? Well, they just did it again! >They've removed all the DeveloperWorks articles that have provided such >excellent information since its creation. And these aren't just OLD articles. >Even a link from three months ago is gone. All references to DeveloperWorks >are now directed to a nothing site. The DeveloperWorks website contained >amazing articles from some of the top developers in their fields, many of whom >are no longer still working at IBM. We understand that IBM "furloughed" them, >but they don't have to furlough their ideas. > > > >I'm pleading with all of you who work for a large IBM customer to ask your >management to tell IBM to stop this idiotic practice. There is NO reason to >delete valuable information. > > > >If this is due to marketing wanting a new image, then they have no idea what >image they're creating. > > > >Please do this for all of us! > > > >All my best, > > > >Cheryl Watson > >Watson & Walker, Inc. > > > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >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
