Re: What forum is best for a Tope and Node question?

[Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hey man - much appreciated, my friend! It does seem that IBM want to get 
to be more mainstream where these open source options are concerned - is 
it oxymoronic to say "mainstream open source"?

:)

Vern

On 3/16/2018 4:14 PM, Aaron Bartell wrote:
> Hi Vern,
>
>
> > You mention the "official" blogs - so is this YADS?
> yet-another-documentation-site?
>
> I am talking about Jesse's Open Your i blog:
> http://ibmsystemsmag.com/blogs/open-your-i  Use this as one(n1) official
> IBM source for announcements.
>
> n1 - I suspect Jesse will declare how announcements will work moving
> forward.
>
> > I would hope that this information would appear on IBM's DeveloperWorks
> page, just as new stuff for database is there, as well as other things.
>
> I am assuming you mean this page:  krengel.tech/dw-ibmioss   I would guess
> IBM will eventually update that page to point at the new stuff.  Right now
> that page still needs to exist because it still has older version of
> software (i.e. Node.js v6) that IBM is still supporting.
>
>
> > I am surprised at this small but not insignificant, IMO, proliferation of
> more places to find out what is going on.
>
> Note, it's in beta.  IBM might be letting this thing marinade until COMMON
> when a bigger announcement will be made.
>
> Also, you'll notice this open source stuff operates a little different.
> For example, if you want to get updates on the Node.js idb-connector then
> you should subscribe to the notifications of the repo.  I hope IBM
> continues this trend of parity with how other open source works, at least
> in the scenarios I am seeing.  So much excellent insight into what is going
> on; even stuff that is in early stages (n2).
>
> n2 - Take a look at the open communication happening at this project:
> https://bitbucket.org/litmis/db2sock/issues
>
>
> Aaron Bartell
> IBM i hosting, starting at $157/month.  litmis.com/spaces
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 3:59 PM, Vernon Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi Aaron
> >
> > You mention the "official" blogs - so is this YADS?
> > yet-another-documentation-site?
> >
> > I would hope that this information would appear on IBM's DeveloperWorks
> > page, just as new stuff for database is there, as well as other things.
> >
> > I am surprised at this small but not insignificant, IMO, proliferation of
> > more places to find out what is going on.
> >
> > OK, done now! Back to my regular work!
> >
> > Vern