[PCB_FORUM] Re: Announcing the Transition of the ICU PCB Forum to CDNUSERS.ORG
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- Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 09:10:21 -0600
In regards to paragraph (1), going to the CDNUsers group will not stop
any topic from going slightly off topic and will still be listed under
the original thread. People do not often chage the topic of the thread,
hence the confusion. I agree with para(2);users don't want to reference
two forums and judging from the responses, the vast majority of users
prefer this forum. Cadence states there is a large user base already,
but upon investigating I recognize only a few people that normally hang
out on this list. There seems to be a different world on that forum with
some good topics that could be shared. I find it interesting that a
parallel thread to this discussion is not on the CDNusers list. Cadence
will have to be so compelling(copying convenience & immediate visibility
of this forum) before denizens of this list would flock to the CDN
group. Until that time arrives,I'll be hanging here.
Cheers,
Ron Scott C.I.D.+
Texas Instruments
Storage Products Group
Tel: 214.567.4715
Cell: 972.816.7978
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[mailto:icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bye, Randy W
Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 23:25
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Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Re: Announcing the Transition of the ICU PCB Forum
to CDNUSERS.ORG
Here are a couple more advantages of using the cdnusers forum that I
neglected to mention:
1. With the current Freelists forum, an email thread/question often gets
segmented into multiple threads that all contain information about the
same topic. When this happens, as it has with this particular transition
thread, I find it both inefficient and ineffective. The information
gets fragmented into many independent chains and it becomes a chore to
sift thru the all the threads that have spawned from the original. With
the cdnusers forum, all the replies will automatically always be
associated with the original post. You can see all of the replies for
the original post in one place without having to jump from thread to
thread.
2. It very inefficient for both customers and Cadence to have to
follow/respond to more than one forum. It is clear that the mainstream
user communications channel will be thru cdnusers.org.
As the old saying goes, you lead the horses to water, but you can't make
em' drink............ That said, I truly hope that everyone will at
least give the new cdnusers forum a chance and try it for awhile.
Best Regards,
Randy
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[mailto:icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
austin@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 5:48 PM
To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Re: Announcing the Transition of the ICU PCB Forum
to CDNUSERS.ORG
Hi Randy,
> 1. There is official support/monitoring by Cadence technical staff.
They can (and do) monitor this list as well.
> 2. I like that the different SPB specialties/subjects are split into
> dedicated forums for, Modeling, SI, PCB Design, IC packaging and
SKILL.
> That way I can filter the incoming e-mail and pay closest attention to
> the subjects I care about the most.
That is the same as different email lists.
> 3. The cdnusers site offers one-stop shopping for a variety of user
> goodies over and above the forum.
These unspecified "goodies" can exist without "moving" the mailing list
to this new "forum".
> 4. To quote myself: " In addition to the normal forum posts that you
are
> accustomed to seeing on Freelists, the moderators will also be
> initiating specific technical discussions.
And that can happen here as well. Nothin about an email list precludes
this.
> 5. The cdnusers forums will ultimately be exposed to more users which
> equates to an overall larger community knowledge base.
How so? Anyone who can use the new cdn "forum" can subscribe to this
email list.
Sorry for being a curmudgeon, but I just haven't heard a thing of
substance that necessitates this change.
Regards,
Austin
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