Typo: Increase IMAGE BDOPEN concurrency Should be DBOPEN. "Sletten Kenneth W KPWA" <[log in to unmask]> wrote in message news:a69fmk01i5g@enews4.newsguy.com... > As semi-promised earlier today, I have added more > text and discussion for the 9 SIGImage/SQL items > that made it on the Interex 2002 SIB; which can > of course be found at: > http://www.interex.org/advocacy/survey/sib2002.html > > One more time: Vote NO LATER THAN SUN 24 March 2002. > > > The details are posted to the bulletin board that > is "behind" both the read-only and "real-vote" > versions of the ballot. Just click "Details" for > each item... :-) > > Note you can get to the "next higher level" of > the bulletin-board view of all SIG items by going > direct to (BIG-time wrap): > http://www.interex.org/cgi-bin/yabb1/YaBB.pl?board=mpesib2002&action=message > index&start=0 > > or; alternatively: Just go one-level up in the > "tree view" at the top of each "Detail" item. > > SIDEBAR: While this bulletin-board system is > considerably more complex than the old Interex > "HPW Roundtable pre-submission" system, it has > several nice features: One is a global view of > how many people have looked at each item (see > last above URL). Another (for those claiming > responsibility for each item) is that we can > set it to get email notification when someone > replies to a specific item. A small downside: > No easy way that I can see to get BACK to the > ballot once you go into the bulletin board > system; other than hit "Back" on your browser; > or going back to click on the original URL again. > ... which I guess is not a big deal... > > Encouraging (IMO) Sidebar to SIDEBAR: Item # 1: > "Identify a way for users and developers to > continue to run MPE in some supported fashion > after end of HP sales and support, and ask CSY > to facilitate that outcome" is an easy run-away > winner in the "view count" so far. > > BB operational sidebars: > > (1) It's fairly easy to miss that there is a > "page 2" to the top-level bulletin-board view > of all SIB items. > > (2) The order of the SIB items in the "top level" > bulletin board view appears to always be sorted > in "last replied to" order... So list order will > likely be different every time you look at it. > > BB "sneaky Sidebar": > > Turns out you do NOT actually have to register > and / or log in to the Interex BB system to post > a reply to any SIB item; although doing so saves > having to enter your name and email address every > time if you want to post a reply. But if all you > want to do is READ what's there, doesn't look like > you gain anything by going through the registration > effort. > > Ken Sletten > > * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * > * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html * > * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *