I personally agree that an official module forum hosted here would be better.
The way I see it, hosting a module forum here would be a great marketing tool for BRL. If a potential BlitzMax customer were to browse over here and see a forum full of all kinds of interesting and useful BlitzMax modules, it might make a tremendous difference in their purchasing decision. Would they be so easily persuaded by a Programming forum cluttered with sporadic module posts all over the place? I doubt it. Even worse if they were hosted off site and the place was like a module ghost town. How would that make BlitzMax look from the outside then?
Tim, I understand your POV but honestly if your customers need an urgent response they should email you directly. You can't expect an immediate response on a forum like this.
The argument that BRL has there hands full is true, but it wouldn't make the blindest bit of difference to them if one more forum section were added. The Blitz3D Userlibs forum is hardly a moderators nightmare.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not suggesting BRL should host the actual modules, just add another forum to help remove the clutter from the other Max forum areas and also give their potential customers a nice showcase for how expandable BlitzMax truly is. Not to mention an easy place for existing users to find any 3rd party BlitzMax modules that are currently available.
The way I see it, hosting a module forum here would be a great marketing tool for BRL. If a potential BlitzMax customer were to browse over here and see a forum full of all kinds of interesting and useful BlitzMax modules, it might make a tremendous difference in their purchasing decision. Would they be so easily persuaded by a Programming forum cluttered with sporadic module posts all over the place? I doubt it. Even worse if they were hosted off site and the place was like a module ghost town. How would that make BlitzMax look from the outside then?
Tim, I understand your POV but honestly if your customers need an urgent response they should email you directly. You can't expect an immediate response on a forum like this.
The argument that BRL has there hands full is true, but it wouldn't make the blindest bit of difference to them if one more forum section were added. The Blitz3D Userlibs forum is hardly a moderators nightmare.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not suggesting BRL should host the actual modules, just add another forum to help remove the clutter from the other Max forum areas and also give their potential customers a nice showcase for how expandable BlitzMax truly is. Not to mention an easy place for existing users to find any 3rd party BlitzMax modules that are currently available.