[Casper] forum? -> serverfault

[Clinton Blackmore]

Back in our 'forum?' discussion nearly two months ago, I mentioned  
that a site called serverfault was coming.  It is here -- http://serverfault.com 
  -- and is a great place to ask and answer sysadmin/IT questions, and  
have the best answers (and questions) rise to the top.  You don't even  
have to sign up to use it, it is useful already and I believe it will  
become even more useful.

I think it does address many of the same things that a forum would,  
although it is not specific to Casper.

Cheers,
Clinton Blackmore


Begin forwarded message:

> From: Clinton Blackmore <clinton.blackmore at westwind.ab.ca>
> Date: April 6, 2009 11:22:09 AM MDT (CA)
> To: Criss Myers <CMyers at uclan.ac.uk>
> Cc: casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
> Subject: Re: [Casper] forum?
>
> This is an interesting idea, indeed.
>
>
> First, I wanted to mention a site that should be up within a month,  
> called http://serverfault.com/ .  (Right now they've got a logo  
> contest going on, with $2^9 on the line.)  This will be the sysadmin- 
> targetted sister site to the programmer-targetted site http://stackoverflow.com/ 
> .  The about page ( http://stackoverflow.com/about ) gives a  
> reasonable idea of what it is, which, in brief is: you ask a  
> question, and people give their answers.  The better answers (and  
> questions) are voted up.  Furthermore, when the system trusts you  
> (because you've given good answers in the past), you can edit  
> questions and answers to clarify them or fix them.
>
> Thus, the best answers rise to the top, and if there is a bug (like  
> a missing semi-colon in a script), it will be fixed, so that the  
> answer is useful.  (As opposed to, 50 posts down, seeing "yeah, you  
> know reply #12, it has this minor typo in it")
>
> I'm really excited about serverfault.  If it takes off at all like  
> stackoverflow, it'll be an excellent place to go to get your  
> questions answered (and, as I have time, I hope to answer some other  
> questions to help people.)  Also, you will potentially benefit from  
> a large community of system administrators, such as the many mac  
> admins who don't use Casper but can still help with the problems we  
> face, and, indeed, the many unix admins who can answer a lot of  
> scripting questions, and heck, if you have a AD or Parallels  
> problem, some of the Windows administrators can give you there two  
> bits.
>
>
> Secondly, I wanted to mention that I'd considered blogging about a  
> couple of things I've found to be useful, but could certainly put  
> that up at a community site instead.  I am considering putting up  
> screencasts, too.
>
>
> Lastly, I wanted to mention that Jamf does have some knowledgebase  
> articles up at http://jamfsoftware.com/kb.
>
>
> Cheers,
> Clinton Blackmore
>
>
> On 6-Apr-09, at 1:52 AM, Criss Myers wrote:
>
>> Is anyone interested in a web knowledge base / forum / repository,  
>> or what ever you wanna call it for us?
>>
>> This list is great for communication and support for the Casper  
>> community and im not suggesting we change it or stop using it, but  
>> would anyone be interested in a website where we can post scripts,  
>> best practice documents and be a general store of knowledge.
>>
>> Personally i think it would be great to have a site where we can  
>> place scripts we use and procedures we use so that others can  
>> benefit from them and visa versa. We have a great deal of knowledge  
>> in this group where users have distinct areas or expertise, some of  
>> us have worked on windows installs, some on printing issues, some  
>> on Adobe products, some on dump packages and custom triggers etc.
>>
>> We could build up an archive of useful tips and hints that anyone  
>> of in the group can dip into at anytime.
>>
>> You guys may have some great tips and hints and procedures that  
>> wont get on this list because no one asks the question but may be  
>> of use to us all.
>>
>> We could also gather a list of users and what our areas or  
>> expertise are, where we work and what we.
>>
>> what do you guys think?
>>
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Criss
>>
>> Criss Myers
>> Senior Customer Support Analyst (Mac Services)
>> Apple Certified Technical Coordinator v10.5
>> LIS Business Support Team
>> Library 301
>> University of Central Lancashire
>> Preston PR1 2HE
>> Ex 5054
>> 01772 895054
>>
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