Re: And now, from the author of the DOS Disk post, a post that actually relates to this newsgroup.

[CUTblakeney@home.com (Jeff Blakeney)]

On 16 Nov 1999 07:26:54 GMT, supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer) wrote:

>I always appreciate the developers, but they are only part
>of the equation.  Jeff, that thanks in part goes to us plain
>old users who help new users out right here on csa2, you
>know.
>
>I don't know about you, but I do not draw an artificial line
>between developers and users.

Well, there is a line between developers and users.  If there wasn't,
there wouldn't be different terms used to describe them.  :-)

We need developers to produce new products otherwise we will continue
to lose users and without those users, there won't be anyone left to
help.  If it wasn't for products like Marinetti, Spectrum Internet
Suite, GSoft BASIC and many others that were produced in the past few
years, I'm sure there would be even less Apple II users today.  I can
imagine that my taking so long with my e-mail program has probably
lost a few more users who might have stuck around a little longer if
my e-mail program had been done a year ago.

Yes, users helping users is a good thing but when a user comes across
a problem never before encountered with a program that was just
released, the only real place to get any answers is from the
developer.  Even if it is a known problem, a user giving advice on how
to fix it can sometimes slip up and give a partially or totally
incorrect answer.  The best answers to questions about certain
products will always come from the developer.

That is why in my post I said "Yes, comp.sys.apple2 does help to
support our beloved hardware and its older software."  Older being the
key term there.

However, I'd still love to see developers give themselves more
coverage but that is their own decision and I can understand some of
the reasons they avoid this newsgroup so I respect that decision and
try to direct users to them instead of trying to direct them to more
users.  :-)

>How about teaching a course on csa2?

The Apple II University is a Syndicomm thing that is run on Syndicomm
managed forums.  I don't think I can arrange an Apple II University
course in a usenet newsgroup.

However, that doesn't mean someone else can't do so without using the
Apple II University name.  :-)

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