Coding Communities - What Works?

drDugan asks: "There is a resurgence in interest lately in information-based systems and websites for data sharing, structured data, and enabling communities to work together better. I'm working a contract for a new business that is trying to build a community to support people who write software. What communities are you a part of now that help you write and develop software? I mean this question in a general way, including both online communities and offline interactions (your office, LUGs, etc.) -- where do you find connection with other people to get information, answers, and inspiration?"

I come to Slashdot

[BadAnalogyGuy]

Nowhere else can I find people with the experience, breadth and width of skills, and general good-naturedness of character than right here at Slashdot. This site features the presence of the creme de la creme of the programming world, and has experts in any particular field always ready with answers to difficult questions.

Not only is this site good for getting good answers to technical questions, legal questions are also pondered thoughtfully and expounded on by knowledgeable experts. You can find exceptional quality of legal advice here at all hours of the day.

And best of all, this site is absolutely free (as in beer), so you don't have to pay a dime for answers to your technical questions, nor a penny for legal advice. I dare you to make the same claim about sites like http://www.experts-exchange.com/ [experts-exchange.com] or http://answers.google.com/ [google.com]

I can name that tune in 4 letters...

[mccrew]

M-S-D-N

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Re:I come to Slashdot

[slughead]

Nowhere else can I find people with the experience, breadth and width of skills, and general good-naturedness of character than right here at Slashdot. This site features the presence of the creme de la creme of the programming world, and has experts in any particular field always ready with answers to difficult questions.

I'm the best programmer ever, and I never read slashdot. IANAL but I do play one on TV so let me put this in lamen's terms:

Something about GPL and evil corporations with their DRM and a closing statement half-assedly tying it all together and no mention about the article.

I hope I've set this all straight for you.

Re:I come to Slashdot

[savorymedia]

IANAL but I do play one on TV so let me put this in lamen's terms:

It's pretty ironic that the acronym for "I am not a lawyer" spells "iANAL". Hmmmmmmmmmmm...

Re:It all depends...

[clydemaxwell]

I don't see him mention paper. He says printing, so I assumed he meant circuit board.