Since you asked...
I don't like forums,
And _any_ email client is superior to any forum software when it comes
to searching, filing, etc. on top of that email is faster.
And I hate having Yet Another Password.
And it's naive to think that any forum run by a commercial entity will
not sell some form of user data to a third party or even directly spam
the user base (and no I don't take any companies policy speak as truth
or a promise).
A independant mail list is independant. If I want to post "M-Audio
sucks ass here's why" I can. If I do that on their own forum I'll
likely be censored or perhaps banned.
I haven't contributed to this group because I'm a total newbie and I
don't have a lot of time to spare on my hobby so I lurk and glom what
I can.
I have not joined the forum. I probably will at some point but I know
that when I do it's just going to be perfunctory action taken to solve
any particular problem I may have w/ the keyboard or application.
I appreciate very much the work (and time) you and others have
contributed to this group. I understand the reasons you decided to
make this change.
Because I'm a lurker my opinion doesn't matter as much as yours or the
heavy contributers but you asked-:)


On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 6:54 PM, controlphr33k <controlphr33k@...> wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> A user just emailed me privately and said he couldn't find the xml
> files at the new location (they're under "Links/Downlaods") and that
> the new location overall was "useless".
>
> Do you guys agree?
>
> Those of you who actually used this yahoo group for awhile. . . do you
> really feel that the new location is inferior to this one?
>
> I've already listed my reasons for why a full-supported vbulletin
> implementation with paid tech support reps answering questions is a
> big improvement over the limits placed on us by this yahoogroup.
> Theworldneedsrock always answered the overwhelming majority of the
> questions, which were usually just tech support questions anyway, and
> I reached the breaking point in terms of repeatedly directing new
> customers to the tutorial files we'd assembled and repeatedly
> explaining to newcomers how this dated yahoogroups format works.
>
> In fact, when this group first launched, all anyone did was complain
> about the yahoogroups format and how they wished it was vBulletin or
> similar. . . . I guess you can please some of the people some of the
> time I guess. . . . ;)
>
> Anyway, what are your thoughts? Do you guys feel anything is missing
> from the new M-Audio location?
>
> -cF
>
>