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Subject: Re: [gislist] Recent Discussions and more...
Date:  10/18/2007 09:05:00 PM
From:  Gary Hubbs



I agree, product-specific technical questions should be posted to
product-specific lists.

However, I think questions such as "Have you used product X ? What do you think
of it ?" should be encouraged.

--- J Bee <mapcmon@yahoo.com> wrote:

> I'd like to weigh in on:
>
> "Also, I've followed many of the discussions about what specifically this
> list should discuss. For instance, specific help on products (ESRI or
> otherwise) - Do you feel this is an appropriate forum? Should this be a list
> more for general discussions and not specific product support?"
>
> Like others who don't use ESRI, I find 99% of the postings completely
> borring ArcGIS tech support questions. Why Arc users don't go to an ArcGIS
> discussion lists, or to ESRI themselves to solve their problems amazes me.
>
> My software company does an excellent job of answering darn near all the
> inane tech questions that keep popping up here, and there is a discussion
> forum for usere to discuss software specific techie problems. I don't need
> to come to this list for a software answer, nor do I think this list should
> be a forum for tech support. There are too many other exciting things going
> on in the GIS world that merit discussion. Another words, I'd love to see
> all the ESRI tech support blah, blah, blah, go to a specific ESRI tech
> support site, or to ESRI themselves. That's why they charge you for tech
> support!
>
> Anyway, this list is boring bacause it has turned into an ArcGIS tech
> problem site. If anyone feels differently, just go out and review the last
> 200 or so postings...I guarantee they ask about how do you label something in
> ArcGIS, etc. Result: Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...
>
> Bob
>
>
>
>
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