[dba-VB] Renaming DBA-VB

I agree, John, especially since we aren't creating a new forum, simply
renaming one that hasn't been very active of late except in the VB.Net
arena.  Heck, we get questions in Access-D about Lotus Notes and a
variety of other things that aren't Access or VBa.  We go through this
same process in Woody's Lounge when a new version of Office is released
or a new version of Windows or Visual Studio.  We added a new forum for
.Net and let it go at that.  I isn't just VB.Net, but also ADO.Net, ASP,
WinForms, WebForms, etc.  If we try to make the focus too broad it's
more likely that people will go to a list with a name that relates to
the help they want, so I consider Programming as way too broad a label
unless you preface it with .Net Programming.

Charlotte Foust

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[mailto:dba-vb-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby
Sent: Monday, October 22, 2007 3:30 PM
To: dba-vb at databaseadvisors.com
Subject: Re: [dba-VB] Renaming DBA-VB

This really isn't about the Access list.  That will remain named as it
is I presume.  The discussion is about renaming the VB list to embrace a
wider audience.

It is my opinion that we should not cast too wide a net or we will end
up attracting people for every platform under the sun and they will soon
leave because there is no support available for their respective
platform.

I thought we should simply widen the target to include the .Net
platform, specifically VB.Net.  The list is currently VB oriented, and
widening the scope to include VB.Net (which is a large percentage of the
current traffic) would be entirely appropriate.

Just my opinion.

John W. Colby
Colby Consulting
www.ColbyConsulting.com
-----Original Message-----
From: dba-vb-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-vb-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Michael R
Mattys
Sent: Monday, October 22, 2007 6:21 PM
To: dba-vb at databaseadvisors.com
Subject: Re: [dba-VB] Renaming DBA-VB

I'm not interested in .Net anything, right now.

I guess you're saying that both PHP and Ruby on Rails are irrelevant
when it comes to Access?

Michael R. Mattys
MapPoint & Access Dev
www.mattysconsulting.com
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