October 27, 2008 at 12:46 pm
no,no,no, no fees to join sqlservercentral, ever, it would ruin it.
People have a problem, they do a search, a post from this site pops up, and voila there is their answer, no strings attached, no pop ups, no request for a fee to see the full answer, its all just there! Because of that people trust the site (its not after money) so they come back for more, and eventually they may as well go direct to the best source out there and join up, and who knows give a bit back by answering posts themselves. Thats how I got started.
I think a reason why people are polite and professional on this site is because its free and is so obviously contributed to by people who just enjoy sharing info, and they respect that so keep up the standards
The internet was developed to FREELY share information, lets keep it that way.
Dan mentioned experts-exchange, no tech site annoys me like that one, you type in a search, that site will often come up near the top of the list (strange that), be a verbatim repeat of your question (strange that) and when you go to the site teases you with a promise of an answer to your exact problem if you just wouldn't mind jumping through these hoops and coughing up money. I am never that desperate. 🙂
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October 27, 2008 at 12:55 pm
george sibbald (10/27/2008)
no,no,no, no fees to join sqlservercentral, ever, it would ruin it.People have a problem, they do a search, a post from this site pops up, and voila there is their answer, no strings attached, no pop ups, no request for a fee to see the full answer, its all just there! Because of that people trust the site (its not after money) so they come back for more, and eventually they may as well go direct to the best source out there and join up, and who knows give a bit back by answering posts themselves. Thats how I got started.
I think a reason why people are polite and professional on this site is because its free and is so obviously contributed to by people who just enjoy sharing info, and they respect that so keep up the standards
The internet was developed to FREELY share information, lets keep it that way.
Dan mentioned experts-exchange, no tech site annoys me like that one, you type in a search, that site will often come up near the top of the list (strange that), be a verbatim repeat of your question (strange that) and when you go to the site teases you with a promise of an answer to your exact problem if you just wouldn't mind jumping through these hoops and coughing up money. I am never that desperate. 🙂
I was desperate once and the only place I could find my answer, apparently, was on their site. I got the boss to pay for a month, just so I could get the answer... It was wrong. Pretty much ended my love affair with the site at that point.
I can't honestly say why SSC is different, but it is.
"The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood"
- Theodore Roosevelt
Author of:
SQL Server Execution Plans
SQL Server Query Performance Tuning
October 27, 2008 at 1:10 pm
Let's start with the individuals who started the site and what they wanted to deliver. Then let's look at the people that have come to the site. I think that answers the question about what's different about this site.
SQL Server Professionals helping SQL Server Professionals (as well as those who are new to SQL Server!).
😎 KEEP UP THE GREAT SITE!!! 😎
October 27, 2008 at 1:15 pm
george sibbald (10/27/2008)
Dan mentioned experts-exchange, no tech site annoys me like that one
I used to post there occasionally, before they became a paying site. At the time people gained points for answering questions correctly and could use those points to ask their own questions and for other advantages. Because the site only allowed one correct answer to a question, the backstabbing and fighting among the posters to be the one with the 'correct' answer was ridiculous and quite detrimental to the overall quality..
Here at least it's not a battle over who's right and whose answer is best and when someone posts a better answer I don't 'lose' anything.
Gail Shaw
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability
October 27, 2008 at 1:18 pm
Thanks to all of you for helping and I've tried to make this something I'm proud of (as did Andy and Brian when they were here).
We get complaints about the registration, but I think we're delivering on enough value to make it worthwhile.
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