--- In "j.chitte" <> wrote:
>
>
>
> --- In Jason Stahls <jason@> wrote:
> >
> > Tom wrote:
> > > I often wonder why EmbeddedArm.Com isn't a little more proactive in
> > > organizing this content on a web page. I can understand that they don't
> > > want to assume more tech support responsibility for every HELP I've got
> > > to ship tomorrow and it won't work inquiry, but it would be nice if they
> > > gathered frequent questions (how do I get 2.6 on TS-72xx?, etc) and
> > > collected answers.
> > >
> > > If any embeddedarm folks read this... any comments?
> >
> > Well a big reason (tho doesn't _really_ stop them in any way) is this
> > group has absolutely no ties to Technologic Systems. Sure there's a few
> > TS employee's that hang out here and we talk about TS products all the
> > time, but the group is actually "owned" by Jim Jackson and moderated by
> > a few volunteers. The community around this group has tried to fill in
> > the holes, it would be really nice actually if TS would give us some web
> > space to do things like that on their page then maybe the projects
> > others have started for documenting stuff would have actually taken off :)
> >
> > --
> > Jason Stahls
> >
>
> What you say is correct but to perfectly clear it should be noted that two of
> the four moderators here are TS employees. Eddie Dawduik and "jessoff".
>
> Though I have never seen either of them misuse that position to TS benefit or
> to suppress disent, it is not true to say: "absolutely no ties to Technologic
> Systems."
>
> However, it is true that many people first coming here (very likely from the
> link on the TS product pages) are under this impression it is an official TS
> group and expect TS tech support here.
>
> I suspect this is almost entirely due to lack of clarity surrounding the link
> on embeddedarm.com . It is part of their sales pitch that there is an active
> group supporting the boards, and in the context it seems many infer that it
> is TS that are providing it.
>
> If TS were unhappy with that , they would presumable make it clear on thier
> site.
>
BTW the originator of the group seems to be the other moderator: Peter Elliot ,
although it seems his last post here was Oct 2008. That leaves your good self
and two TS guys as mods.
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