William Hindman
wdhindman at dejpolsystems.com
Fri Mar 27 14:43:41 CDT 2009
...exactly my experience. William -------------------------------------------------- From: "John Bartow" <john at winhaven.net> Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 1:01 PM To: "'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'" <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> Subject: Re: [AccessD] [Accessed] OT: New features on Experts-Exchange > Jim, > IIRC I never asked or sought an answer concerning Access, so the following > comments do not apply to you personally... > > My experience, after paying for EE for a year was less than stellar. It > was > the kind of experience that I hope we never fall into here on AccessD. > > I never once got a solution to a problem I posted there and when a > resolution was not forthcoming the moderators wanted to end the discussion > ASAP. When I wanted to keep the topic question open for resolution they > got > "snippy" with me. It's as if the sole goal there is to be able to brag > about > how quickly EE resolves problems and if they can't they remove the issue > so > it's not a black mark on their reputation. Each time this happened I > lodged > a complaint and NEVER received a response - nice customer service > considering I had paid over $300 for nothing! > > The solutions I found through searching without asking questions were > almost > always a link to some other web site's knowledge base. A good Googling > could > do the same. > > So, IMO the EE is a total waste of time & money. > > > John Bartow, President > Database Advisors, Inc. > Email: mailto:president at databaseadvisors.com > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > PS: Please ask before soliciting for another forum/list - especially a > "pay > for site" - that directly competes with our free lists. > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Dettman > Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 10:51 AM > To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' > Subject: [AccessD] OT: New features on Experts-Exchange > > Hi All, > > For quite a few years now I've been involved with a web site called > Experts-Exchange. It is a collaborative site where basically people help > people by answering questions as "Experts" and earn points. As it's > grown, > it has somewhat lost it's small town feel that originally started it all, > but overall it still is a very nice place to hang out. Some of you may be > aware of the site already (gustav has been there for a while now). Many > of > the Microsoft MVP's call it home as well. > > Currently I am a Zone Advisor and Page Editor for the MS Access Zone. > The > last part is why I'm posting. EE has always existed with this > question/comment format, but is about to launch new content in the form of > articles. I was thinking in particular of John and his series on classes > would be a great way to quick this off, but I'm sure many of you if you > gave > it a little thought, could come up with some terrific articles. The up > side of it for you is your exposure to literally millions of members (well > over three million last I heard). > > There are other features coming down the pike that I hope will make it > the > number one site for people looking for answers. I can't really talk about > all of those at present but I can assure you it is things we'd all find > useful in terms of supporting and helping out people (without giving away > too much, how would the SCRUM team like to post their videos and have a > possible audience of millions?). > > One thing that is still up in the air at the moment is the legalese with > posting content. EE's legal department is finalizing the TOS related to > posted content now. It' my understanding that they way it will end up is > that EE will have the perpetual right to use posted content on the site in > whatever way they see fit, but you will retain all ownership rights beyond > that and will be free to publish it else where. As I said though, this is > not finalized. When it is, please make sure you review it if you decide > to > submit an article and understand what your rights are. I don't want there > to be any surprises for anyone. > > I should mention that EE covers a wide range of topics; digital living, > philosophy, religion, etc. and not just technical ones. Also, it is a > subscription site. However you can earn free premium services easily > enough > by getting 3000 Expert Points a month, which at the current time is > ridiculously easy. It boils down to possibly answering about 5 questions > a > month. There has been some talk about changing that because it is too > easy, > but that's the way it is right now. Otherwise it's $12.95 a month. I > think > though that I can probably get anyone a trial premium membership for a bit > at no charge just so you can check things out. > > They also have been pushing corporate subscriptions for a few years now > and a lot of Fortune 500 companies hang out there, so it's good exposure > there as well and some of you may work for companies that already have > subscriptions without realizing it. > > I'm not trying to take anything away from Access D, but I did want to > make > everyone aware of an opportunity to gain some pretty significant exposure. > > If your interested in any of this, just contact me off-list. > > Jim. > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >