The story behind our new algorithms discussion forum

Back in December of 2004, several community members had a conversation in our Delphi non-technical newsgroup, wishing for a general-purpose algorithms group on our server. With the launch of our public beta of our new discussion forums, we finally created that long-awaited algorithms forum.

The people participating in this particular conversation weren’t the only people who wanted a generic algorithms group, but this conversation took a funny twist when John Herbster decided to act on one of my replies in the thread. He asked what it would take to get an algorithms group, and I joked that it would take lots and lots of chocolate in small, easy to eat pieces.

Well, he decided to explore every chance to get that group live, so he actually delivered on my joke. Anders Ohlsson took the picture for me to preserve the moment.

The long wait for the algorithms forum is finally over. I’ve already personally enjoyed several of the discussions there. Remember to thank John Herbster in particular if you benefit from the discussions there!

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Posted by John Kaster on August 22nd, 2008 under CDN, IT Industry |