Re: A new AS400 mailing list for the UK (or not!)

[David Gibbs <david@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Not that I haven't offered... but he didn't take my "Offer he couldn't
refuse" :)

> 
> Don,
>       Just FYI, while David is the godfather of AS/400 related mailing lists, 
>he 
> does not run the JDE Mailing List (yet <g>).  Information regarding the 
> JDEList Mailing can be found at:  http://www.jdelist.com .
> 
> Eric Kempter
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Don [SMTP:dr2@cssas400.com]
> Sent: Monday, March 29, 1999 7:06 AM
> To:   Colin Williams
> Cc:   'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'; 'midrange-jobs@midrange.com'; 
> 'RPG400-L@midrange.com'
> Subject:      Re: A new AS400 mailing list for the UK (or not!)
> 
> 
> 
> OK,  Colin, I give...
> 
> I'm not wanting to start a nationism war here, but from a technical
> standpoint, wouldn't I want to look at ONE place for my data as opposed to
> allowing my resource points to be fragmented?
> 
> I'm at a bit of a loss as to what technical concerns/problems/interests
> that the UK would have that Germany, USSR, US, Singapore, etc., wouldn't
> have...ergo, I would prefer to limit the amount of email that I get
> (already getting 300-500/ DAY!) and frankly, if I want to get JDE items
> I'ld rather sub to a seperate list than be bombarded with all the latest
> proponderances about F0311....
> 
> I think David's done a great job of segmenting the special interest areas
> (JDE, BPCS, etc) and what I would have to ask is what service is it going
> to provide to be to have to see the SAME questions being posted to
> MULTIPLE listservers?  It's just going to clog my email in box....
> 
> I'm not sure fragmentation here is for the betterment...
> 
> Don in DC
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, 29 Mar 1999, Colin Williams wrote:
> 
> > If you want to discuss anything AS400 related, and I mean anything, RPG
> > questions, jobs, the lot send an email to
> >
> > as400.uk-on@lists.expand.com
> >
> > This is a discussion list to discuss anything related to AS400 in the
> > United Kingdom (but you can subscribe from anywhere in the world, there
> > are no restrictions!)
> >
> > Subjects include jobs, RPG, CL, Query, JAVA,MIDAS, IBIS, JD Edwards, in
> > fact anything if it relates to the AS/400. If you have a question, send
> > it here and you'll very likely get a quick answer.
> >
> > (Try it out, send an email, subscribe to it, ask some questions that you
> > have, if you don't like it simply unsubscribe, if you do like it, pass
> > the email address on to your friends and collegues)
> >
> > The more people that use this list, the better it gets!!
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