Re: My Outlook Since Changing Jobs (was Re: What should we do with this list?)

[John McKee <jmmckee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Wow! A truly dream job!  Encouraged to do something for pay that you
formerly did *only* for enjoyment.

John McKee

On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 10:27 PM, Scott Klement <sk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Henrik,
>
> I don't plan to change my open source activities.  In  fact, this was a big
> factor in my job choice.... Profound Logic does not make or sell tools that
> are similar with the ones I've written.  (Some of the other vendors I
> considered do sell products that are similar.)
>
> In fact, Profound Logic actually uses some of the stuff I've written, and
> they'd like to offer commercial support contracts to certain customers who
> use my tools, but want to have commercial support.  So, Profound Logic is
> encouraging me to continue to write and support these tools.
>
> I hope this helps set your mind at ease?
>
>
> On 9/27/2012 3:25 PM, Henrik Rützou wrote:
>>
>>     Hi Scott,
>>
>>     Please don't take this as an insult, but I must ask you what your
>>     intentions are with HTTPAPI and others now you have become a part of
>>     Profound Logic are your projects in a fade away state or do you
>>     plan to still be active in Open Source?
>>
>>     Generally traffic has gone down not only on iProDeveloper, but in all
>>     forums during the last couple of years. My personal believe is that
>>     this is not related to IBM I, but it is a general development probably
>>     caused by people using a lot of time on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn
>>     etc.
>>
>>     iProDeveloper conversion was a catastrophe, first the forum was down
>>     for a week, but the result the new forum - was lousy and didnt
>>     really offer something new just trouble.
>>
>>     Some has suggested to move to Code400, but that is announced for sale
>>     and it is also a very broad line IBM I forum just as Midrange.com,
>> that
>>     has many experts, perhaps to many and again is focused on more general
>>     questions. IBM's RPG Café has low traffic and is also general and not
>>     very well known.
>>
>>     Where Easy400 will go the day Giovanni stops we do not know either,
>> but
>>     the problem will be the same in the sence "what to do?"
>>
>>     IMHO diversified forums isn't the way to go any more, but a common
>>     consolidated forum specialized in IBM I Open Source Projects could be
>>     the solution that made the trick and who would be better to setting it
>>     up and running it than Jon Paris ;-)
>>
>>
>
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