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Article #547Re: [ANN] Metrowerks Online Community and Support
From: Jonathan Hoyle
Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2004 19:25
Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2004 19:25
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The "Metrowerks Community" seems much more of a hassle than a simple newsgroup like we have here. First of all, I have to remember that I am now "JHOYLE499" and I am not allowed to change it (And why the hell can't I choose my own ID name?!?!?). Secondly, there is this complicated tier of folders and non-trivial organizations that must be traversed. Besides, newsgroups are much more easily accessed, even as I am doing now through google.groups. I understand the need to simplify, but then why not just say, "Okay from now on, MWRon will be answering questions only from the codewarrior.* newsgroups, and that's it." And you can pair down the ones you no longer wish to continue supporting. (For example, codewarrior.config, codewarrior.unix, etc. don't get much traffic and they could be absorbed into one of the other newsgroups.) But a newsgroup is much more obvious. What I don't think you are realizing is that people will come to newsgroups (not knowing about the Metrowerks proprietary board), seeing no Metrowerks responses and unanswered questions and think, "See, Metrowerks really is on the way out...they no longer support newsgroups."
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