[AccessD] The list

I just flat don't like them.  I tired over and over many years ago and it just wasn't worth it to 
me.  I used to get so many useless hits in Google that I actually set a filter to get rid of them. 
For a long time Google would give me a hundred hits but when I clicked on one I would be told I had 
to join etc.

I am all for an advertising model but pay to play leaves me flat.  The other problem with the 
internet is that every yahoo ends up saying stupid stuff, and wading through all the stupid stuff is 
a time waster.

So it is not true that I haven't given it a go, though not recently, and I really have no interest 
in trying it again.

John W. Colby
Colby Consulting

Reality is what refuses to go away
when you do not believe in it

On 9/18/2012 11:17 AM, John Bartow wrote:
> Hi Jim,
> EE's marketing is fairly aggressive. They can be as its a to pay to play
> site. Many people (I was one) think that if you pay for something it's going
> to be better. Also in today's world I think the younger people aren't as
> interested in email based lists as they are in forums. I'll never understand
> this as I can get email responses on my phone much easier than having to go
> to the website. When we discussed doing DBA forums a few years ago we got a
> resounding NO from our listers. And as I've implied before, nothing wrong
> with using more than one source!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Dettman
> Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 7:25 AM
> To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] The list
>
> John,
>
>   Guess it depends on which ones you look at; saw one this morning about
> problems with Access 2003 under Windows Server 2008 R2; I'm sure interested
> in that.  There have been a multitude on running Access in 64 bit Office,
> which is quite relevant as are those regarding SharePoint.
>
>   And there are questions on SQL, programming techniques, classes (always
> think of you of course), etc., all the time.   Some are quite simple and
> answered by Google monkeys, but many are not and answered by some very
> knowledgeable Access folks.
>
>   Honestly many of you knock it, but none of you that I'm aware of outside of
> gustav has really given it a go. But there's no doubt in my mind that the
> range of questions is far greater then those here and certainly the volume
> is greater.  Also the ability to upload DB's, screenshots, etc is very
> helpful.
>
>    Chatter there however is only allowed in the lounge and one discussion
> thread we keep open for Access.
>
> Jim.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby
> Sent: Monday, September 17, 2012 10:50 PM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] The list
>
> LOL, and not a single one that I am remotely interested in.  OTOH I just
> responded to a friend on this list.  Yea, it was just chatter.  Oh well.
>
> John W. Colby
> Colby Consulting
>
> Reality is what refuses to go away
> when you do not believe in it
>
> On 9/17/2012 3:54 PM, Jim Dettman wrote:
>> <<A quick look at StackOverflow shows about 125 questions submitted in
>> the last 7 days on all Access topics.>>
>>
>>    FWIW, there have been 309 questions in the last 7 days on
> Experts-Exchange.
>>
>> Jim.
>
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