At 9/13/2000 12:31 AM (Wednesday), Robert wrote:

> And I had the impression from Helen that this is the group for this
>type of thing. As a matter of fact she actively engaged in it.

If you have a pure support question, such as "I tried this and got that and
now I don't know what to do!" or "The docs say to do this, I did that, and
got this error", then the mailing list supported by mers.com is the place
to go. You can subscribe at

http://mers.com/mailman/listinfo/interbase

The site also mirrors the mailing list via a newsgroup so if you prefer
that format you can subscribe to the newsgroup. (That's what I do.)

This list is mainly to provide a central place for organizing the IB
developer community. When general issues appear regarding the future of
Interbase this is where we discuss them. Occationally other things get
mixed in, of course.

The thread regarding the published articles that Helen was involved in
relates to the publicity that IB was receiving. Because it has direct
effect on the product and its future I think it was entirely appropriate
for this list. The messages I think you saw were just expressing the fact
that people were getting tired of the tirades.

I intent to spend two full days this weekend working on the Interbase FAQ
and get the first draft published by the 17th. I'll definitely have a
summary of mailing list venues included in that.

Hope this helps.