====== [hemmerling] Social Networks 3/3 - IT / SystemEngineering Communities and Forums ======
Related page:
  *[[saas02.html|Software As A Service ( SAAS ) 2/2]].
===== IT Forums =====
  *[[http://www.administrator.de/index.php?mod=show_public_profile&nr=80035|ADMINISTRATOR]] - "IT-Forum, Tutorials, News und Knowledgebase".
  *[[http://www.boardunity.de/|Boardunity Ratgeber Forum]].
  *[[http://bytes.com/browse/|Bytes IT Community]].
  *[[http://forum.chip.de/|CHIP Online Forum]].
  *[[http://www.coding-board.de/forum.php|coding-board - Das Forum für Programmierer]].
  *[[http://www.computerbase.de/forum/|ComputerBase Forum]].
  *[[http://groups.compuware.com/|Compuware USER GROUPS]].
  *[[http://www.channelpartner.de/forum/|Channel Partner Forum]].
  *Online webcamp [[http://web3dcamp.pbworks.com/|SecondLife web3Dcamp]] at "The Corecon Convention Center" ( 2007-09-08 - 2007-09-09, 03:00am - 17:00pm, GMT+1 ).
  *[[http://www.circleofexpertise.com/de/forum.html|Circle of Expertise, Forum]].
  *[[http://www.eng-tips.com/|Eng-Tips Forum]].
    *[[http://www.eng-tips.com/threadforum.cfm?lev3=70|Eng-Tips Forum, General Engineering Programs Category]].
  *[[http://forum.fachinformatiker.de/|Fachinformatiker]].
  *[[http://www.fi-ausbilden.de/|Community für Fachinformatiker Ausbilder und Azubis]].
  *[[http://www.geek.com/|Geek.com - Technology News & Reviews]].
  *[[http://www.go4expert.com/forums/|Go4Expert Forums]].
  *[[http://www.gossamer-threads.com/forum/|Gossamer Forum]].
  *[[http://www.heise.de/newsticker/|heise online - Heise Newsticker, 7-Tage News]].
    *[[http://www.heise.de/ct/Heise-Register-5464.html|heise online - Heise-Register]].
    *Forums [[http://www.heise.de/foren/|heise online - Leserforum]].
  *[[http://www.informationsarchiv.net/|Informationsarchiv - Forum]].
  *[[http://www.mcseboard.de/|MCSEboard.de - Windows Server & IT Pro Community]].
  *MS Exchange Forum.
    *[[http://portal.msxforum.de/|MS Exchange Forum - Deutsch]].
    *[[http://portal.msxforum.com/|MS Exchange Forum - English]].
  *[[http://peppermintos.net/|Peppermint]] - "Linux OS Community Forum".
  *[[http://www.petri.co.il/|Petri IT Knowledgebase]].
    *[[http://www.petri.co.il/forums/|Petri IT Knowledgebase - Forums]].
  *[[http://www.powerforen.de/|Powerforen]].
  *[[http://www.reddit.com/|reddit]] - "Post may not contain more that 20 images".
  *[[http://www.roboternetz.de/|RoboterNETZ - Roboter, Elektronik, Microcontroller]].
  *[[http://reboot.pro/|reboot.pro Groups / Forum]].
  *Software & Support Verlag GmbH.
    *[[http://www.it-republik.de/|it republik]] - "Das umfassende Portal zu allen IT-Themen".
    *[[http://www.entwickler.de/|entwickler.de]].
    *[[http://www.entwickler.com/|entwickler.com]].
    *[[http://www.entwickler-magazin.de/|Entwickler Magazin]].
    *[[http://www.entwickler-forum.de/|entwicklerforum]] - forum.
  *[[http://www.spotlight.de/|Spotlight.de]].
  *[[http://www.stackexchange.com/|Stack Exchange]].
    *[[http://stackexchange.com/sites|Stack Exchange Site Directory]] - "All 64 Network Sites".
    *"A fast-growing network of 64 question and answer sites on diverse topics from software programming to cooking to photography and gaming"
  *[[http://www.techradar.com/forum/|TechRadar Forums]].
  *[[http://www.thebackshed.com/|The Black Shed]].
  *[[http://www.tomsguide.com/us/forum/|Tom's Guide Forums]], [[http://www.computing.net/|Computing.Net]].
  *[[http://www.userchannel.de/forum/|UserChannel Forum]].
  *[[http://forum.unterwegs-im.net/|Unterwegs im Netz ( UwiN ) - Die Technik Community]] - readonly forum.
  *[[http://www.velocityreviews.com/|Velocity Reviews]] - forum.
  *[[http://www.webmasterpro.de/forum/|Webmasterpro Forum]].
  *[[http://www.zfx.info/|ZFX + Developia. Immer in Entwicklung]] - forum.
===== Developer Communities =====
==== IBM ====
  *[[http://www.ibm.com/account/|IBM - My IBM]].
    *[[http://www.ibm.com/account/myaccounts/us/en/|IBM - My IBM "My Accounts"]].
    *[[http://www.ibm.com/account/mycommunity/us/en/|IBM - My IBM "My Community Spaces"]].
  *[[http://www.ibm.com/profiles/|IBM Community - Profiles]].
  *[[http://www.ibm.com/support/forums/|IBM "Forums and communities"]].
    *[[http://www.ibm.com/support/forums/de/de/|IBM "Communities und Foren"]], for Germany.
  *[[http://www.ibm.com/communities|IBM "Communities"]].
  *[[http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/forums/|IBM Developerworks "My developerWorks: Forums"]].
  *[[http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/usergroups/|IBM Developerworks "My developerWorks: User groups"]].
  *[[http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/discussion|IBM alphaWorks "Forums"]].
  *[[http://www.ibm.com/community/|IBM Community]].
  *Blog [[http://www.ibm.com/de/blueblog/|IBM Blue Blog]].
  *Blogs [[http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/|IBM developerWorks "My developerWorks: Blogs"]].
  *[[http://www-2000.ibm.com/partnerworld/|IBM Partnerworld]] - just membership for sales partners.
==== Intel ====
  *[[http://software.intel.com/|Intel Software Network]].
    *[[http://software.intel.com/en-us/academic/|Intel Software Network - Intel Academic Community]].
    *[[http://software.intel.com/en-us/forums/|Intel Software Network - Forums]].
      *[[http://software.intel.com/en-us/forums/intel-software-college-academic-forum/|Intel Software Network - Intel Academic Community Forum]].
    *[[http://software.intel.com/en-us/blogs/|Intel Software Network - Software Blogs]].
      *[[http://software.intel.com/en-us/blogs/category/academic/|Intel Software Network - Academic Software Blogs]].
  *[[http://appdeveloper.intel.com/|Intel AppUp developer program]].
    *[[http://appdeveloper.intel.com/forum|Intel AppUp developer program - Forums]].
  *[[http://ssl.intel.com/ipc-app/|Intel Profile Center]].
  *[[http://groups.google.com/groups/dir?hl=de&sel=usenet%3Dintel|Google Groups "Intel"]].
==== Microsoft ====
  *[[http://www.microsoft.com/germany/community/|Microsoft Community Guide]].
    *[[http://www.microsoft.com/germany/community/programme|Microsoft Community Guide "Community Initiativen & Programme"]].
    *[[http://www.microsoft.com/germany/community/programme/ineta.mspx|Microsoft Community Guide "International .NET Association (INETA). Organisierter Support für .NET User Groups"]].
      *[[http://www.ineta.org/|International .NET Association]] ( INETA ), [[http://europe.ineta.org/|International .NET Association Europe]] ( INETA Europe ).
    *[[http://www.microsoft.com/germany/community/programme/gitca.mspx|Microsoft Community Guide "GITCA"]].
      *[[http://www.gitca.org/|Global IT Community Association]] (GITCA) ( formerly [[http://www.culminis.com/|Culminis]] ).
  *[[http://www.msdn.com/|Microsoft MSDN]].
    *[[http://www.microsoft.com/germany/msdn/dialog/|MSDN Dialog - der direkte Draht für Microsoft-Entwickler]].
    *[[http://www.msdn-foren.de/|MSDN Foren]], in german language.
    *[[http://channel9.msdn.com/|MSDN - Channel9]].
    *Forum [[http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse|MSDN - Channel9 "Coffeehouse"]].
    *[[http://www.microsoft.com/germany/msdn/techtalk/archiv/|Microsoft MSDN "MSDN TechTalk Archiv"]] - "Hier finden Sie PowerPoint-Slides und Sourcecodes zu einzelnen Veranstaltungen der vergangenen Jahre".
    *[[http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdntv/|Microsoft MSDN "MSDN TV"]].
    *[[http://www.microsoft.com/germany/msdn/webcasts/finder/|Microsoft MSDN "Webcast Finder"]].
  *[[http://www.msdnaa.de/|Microsoft MSDN Academic Alliance]].
    *[[http://www.microsoft.com/germany/bildung/infopool/kontakt.mspx|Microsoft-Bildungsportal - Kontakt]].
    *[[http://www.dreamspark.com/|Microsoft Dreamspark]].
    *[[http://www.msstudentlounge.com/|Microsoft Student Lounge]].
    *[[http://www.msstudentlounge.com/forums/tabid/65/Default.aspx|Microsoft Student Lounge - Forums]].
  *[[http://groups.google.com/groups/dir?hl=de&sel=usenet%3Dmicrosoft|Google Groups "microsoft"]].
  *Microsoft Technology Sites & Forums.
    *[[http://www.asp.net/|Microsoft ASP.net]].
    *[[http://www.iis.net/|The Official Microsoft IIS Site]].
    *[[http://www.silverlight.net/|Silverlight.net]].
    *[[http://www.windowsclient.net|WindowsClient.net]].
      *[[http://windowsclient.net/Forums/|WindowsClient.net Forum]].
==== Oracle ====
  *[[http://netbeans.org/community/|Netbeans Commmunity]].
    *[[http://netbeans.org/community/lists/|NetBeans Mailing Lists and Forums]].
    *[[http://wiki.netbeans.org/|NetBeans Wiki]].
    *[[http://netbeans-org.1045718.n5.nabble.com/|Nabble's NetBeans forums]] - "sync'ed with NetBeans mailing lists".
    *[[news://news.gmane.org]] - "Netbeans" groups.
  *[[http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/community/|The Oracle Technology Network Community]].
    *[[http://forums.oracle.com/|Oracle Forum Home]].
    *[[http://forums.sun.com/|Oracle forums.sun.com]] ( - 2010-09-24 ).
    *[[http://wikis.sun.com/|Oracle Wikis Home]].
  *[[http://www.planetjdk.org/|Planet JDK - News and views from the Java SE Development-Kit Community]] - list of Java Blogs.
  *[[http://www.oracle.com/global/de/community/community-list/|Oracle - Deutschsprachige Communities]].
    *[[http://www.oracle.com/global/de/community/dbadmin/|Oracle - Deutschsprachige "Oracle DBA Community"]].
    *[[http://www.oracle.com/global/de/community/platform/|Oracle - Deutschsprachige "Microsoft Community"]].
    *[[http://www.oracle.com/global/de/community/bip|Oracle - Deutschsprachige "BI Publisher Community"]].
    *[[http://www.oracle.com/global/de/community/dwh|Oracle - Deutschsprachige "Oracle Data Warehouse Community"]].
    *[[http://www.oracle.com/global/de/community/adf/|Oracle - Deutschsprachige "Oracle ADF/WebCenter/J2EE Entwickler-Community"]].
  *[[http://wiki.oracle.com/|Oracle Wiki]].
  *[[http://mix.oracle.com/|Oracle Mix]] #.
    *"A social network that helps the Oracle community connect: Join groups, share ideas, ask or answer questions, and network".
    *"There was an error creating your Mix profile [006]" :-(.
  *[[http://blogs.oracle.com/|Oracle Blogs]].
==== Nokia ====
  *[[http://www.developer.nokia.com/|NOKIA Developer - Your idea. Our tools]].
    *[[http://www.developer.nokia.com/Community/Discussion/|NOKIA Developer Discussion Board]].
    *[[http://www.developer.nokia.com/Community/Wiki|NOKIA Developer Wiki]].
    *Webmaster [[Nokia.Developer-Website@nokia.com]].
==== Novell ====
  *[[http://forums.novell.com/|Novell Forums]].
  *[[http://forums.opensuse.org/|Novell openSUSE Forums]].


==== Some other Developer Communities ====
  *[[http://www.advenet.com/csx/misc/NetworkTree.aspx|Advenet LLC Discussion Groups]].
  *[[http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/|All About Symbian]].
    *[[http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/forum/|All About Symbian Forums]].
  *[[http://www.artima.com/forums/|Artima Developer - Artima Forums]].
  *[[http://azure-forum.net/|Azure-Forum.NET]].
  *[[http://www.berlios.de/|BerliOS]] - "Der Open-Source-Mediator". 
    *[[http://developer.berlios.de/|BerliOS Developer]].
  *[[http://www.koders.com/|Black Duck Koders]] - "Open Source Code Search Engine", finds Open Source code.
  *[[http://www.c-plusplus.de/forum/|C/C++ Forum]].
  *[[http://www.circleofexpertise.com/|Circle of Expertise]].
  *[[http://www.codekicker.de/|codekicker.de - Antworten für Entwickler]].
  *[[http://www.codeguru.com/|CodeGuru]], [[http://www.codeguru.com/forum/|CodeGuru Forums]].
  *[[http://www.codeproject.com/|The Code Project]].
  *[[http://www.codetoad.com/forum/|CodeToad Forums]]. 
  *[[http://www.codezone.de/|Codezone.de]] - "Das Developer Knowledge Network rund um Microsoft Technologien von Entwicklern für Entwickler".
  *[[http://cboard.cprogramming.com/|Cprogramming.com CBoard]] - Your Resource for C and C++.
  *DaniWeb.
    *[[http://www.daniweb.com/|DaniWeb IT Discussion Community]].
    *[[http://www.programmingforums.org/|ProgrammingForums.org. A <DANIWEB> sister site]].
  *[[http://www.devppl.com/forum/|DEVPPL Forum]].
  *[[http://www.devshed.com/|DevShed]].
    *[[http://www.devshed.com/|Dev Shed]] - "Open Source Web Development Tutorials".
      *[[http://forums.devshed.com/|Dev Shed Forums]].  
    *[[http://www.devarticles.com/|Dev Articles]] - "Programming Help, Web Design Help, CSS Help".
      *[[http://forums.devarticles.com/|Dev Articles Forums]] - "Programming Help and Tutorials for all development technologies".
    *[[http://www.devhardware.com/|Dev Hardware]] - "Hardware Reviews, Computer Hardware Reviews".
      *[[http://www.devhardware.com/forums/|Dev Hardware Forums]] - "Computer Hardware Software Forum - Consumer Electronics".
    *[[http://www.codewalkers.com/|CodeWalkers]] - "PHP Help, PHP Code".
      *[[http://forums.codewalkers.com/|CodeWalkers Forums]].
    *[[http://www.tutorialized.com/|Tutorialized]] - "Photoshop Tutorials and Flash Tutorials".
      *[[http://forums.tutorialized.com/|Tutorialized Forums]].
  *[[http://www.devtrain.de/|DevTrain.De - .net / developers / home]].
  *[[http://www.devx.com/|DevX.com]] - "The know-how behind application development".
    *[[http://www.devx.com/ebook|devx.com / internet.com eBook Library for Technology Professionals]] - "Your Source for IT, Developer, and Technical eBooks".
  *[[http://www.easy-coding.de/|easy-coding - Coder Forum für C++, Java, PHP, ...]].
  *[[http://www.groupspaces.com/|Groupspaces]].
    *[[http://www.groupspaces.com/softwerkskammer/forum/|Groupspaces "Softwarekammer - Software Craftmanship Communities in Deutschland", Forum]].
    *[[http://www.groupspaces.com/softwerkskammer/wiki/|Groupspaces "Softwarekammer - Software Craftmanship Communities in Deutschland", Wiki]].
  *[[http://www.hilfdirselbst.ch/foren/|HilfDirSelbst.ch Foren]].
  *[[http://www.mrbool.com/|Mr. Bool]] - community for video makers who make video tutorials for developers.
  *[[http://www.dotnet-gui.com/|.NET GUI]] - ".NET Community für WPF, Silverlight und mehr!".
  *[[http://www.dotnetpro.de/newsgroups/newsgroups.aspx|dotnetpro - Das Profi-Magazin für Entwickler "Newsgroups"]].
  *[[http://edn.embarcadero.com/|Embarcadero Developer Network]].
  *[[http://www.eggheadcafe.com/|EggHeadCafe]].
  *[[http://www.hackchina.com/en/|Hackchina.com]] - "Open Source Projects Search Engine".
  *The read-only [[http://www.inspire-world.de/board/|Inspire-World Forum]].
  *[[http://www.msfn.org/|MSFN Forums - Where people go to know]].
  *[[http://www.mycsharp.de/|myCSharp.de - gemeinsam mehr erreichen]] - "DIE C# und .NET Community".
  *[[http://www.openstudy.com/|OpenStudy]].
  *[[http://www.planet-source-code.com/|PlanetSourceCode]] - "The largest public source code database on the internet with 29,088,069 lines of code, articles and tutorials in 11 languages, as well as 2,259 open job postings".
  *[[http://www.programmersheaven.com/|Programmers Heaven]].   
  *[[http://www.pudn.com/|Programmers United Develop Net]] ( PUDN ).
  *[[http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/|SitePoint Forums]].
  *[[http://www.stackoverflow.com/|Stack Overflow]] #.
  *[[http://www.tutorials.de/|tutorials.de - User helfen Usern, Forum]].
  *[[http://www.vbforums.com/|VBForums]].
  *[[http://www.vbforums.com/|VBWire VBForums]]. 
  *[[http://www.webdeveloper.com/forum/forum.php|Webdeveloper Forum]].
  *[[http://www.winprj.net/board/|Windows Project Community ( WPC )]].
  *[[http://p2p.wrox.com/|Wrox Programmer Forums]].

===== Developer Communities with Project Workspace / Source Code Repositories / Document Repositories =====
  *See [[saas02.html|Software As A Service ( SAAS ) 2/2]].

===== Blogs =====
==== Planetarium ====
  *Blog [[http://www.planetapache.org/|Planet Apache]].
  *Blog [[http://classpath.wildebeest.org/planet/|Planet Classpath]].
  *Blog [[http://planet.debian.net/|Planet Debian]].
  *Blog [[http://www.planeteclipse.org/|Planet Eclipse]].
  *Blog [[http://planet.freedesktop.org/|Planet freedesktop.org]].
  *Blog [[http://planet.humbug.org.au/|Planet Humbug]].
  *Blog [[http://planet.gentoo.org/|Planet Gentoo]].
  *Blog [[http://planet.gnome.org/|Planet GNOME]].
  *Blog [[http://planetjava.org/|Planet Java.org]].
  *Blog [[http://planetjdk.org/|Planet JDK]].
  *Blog [[http://www.planetkde.org/|Planet KDE]].
  *Blog [[http://planet.mozilla.org/|Planet Mozilla]].
  *Blog [[http://planet.objectweb.org/|Planet ObjectWeb]] - with list of "Planetarium" blogs, on titlepage.
  *Blog [[http://planet.objectweb.org/|Planet Perl]].
  *Blog [[http://planet.python.org/|Planet Python]].
  *Blog [[http://www.planetsuse.org/global/|Planet SuSE]].
  *Blog [[http://planet.twistedmatrix.com/|Planet Twisted]].
  *Blog [[http://planet.arslinux.com/|Planet Ars Linux]].
  *Blog [[http://www.osdir.com/|osdir - all things open]] ( formerly: FOSS Planet).
  *Blog [[http://live.linuxchix.org/|LinuxChix Live]].
==== IT Blogs  ====
  *[[http://www.blogspot.com/|Blogspot]].
    *[[http://carso-owen.blogspot.com/|Carso Leong's Blog]].

===== Some other "Social Networks" for IT and non-IT Meeting Groups =====
  *[[http://www.meetup.com/|Meetup]].
    *[[http://www.meetup.com/chinese-13/messages/boards/thread/1357936|Meetup Group Message "Meetup not free anymore"]], 2005-04-17 - "Many of you may have known by now, that meetup is going to charge group organizers a $228 yearly group fee" :-(.
    *[[http://www.discussmeetup.com/|Discuss Meetup.com Forums]].
      *[[http://www.discussmeetup.com/forum/general-questions-how-tos-tips-tricks/faq-what-do-you-get-when-you-pay-to-be-an-organizer/|Discuss Meetup.com Forums "FAQ: What Do You Get When You Pay To Be An Organizer"]].
    *Hidden price plan, as of 2014-01: “Plans start at $2.00 (about EUR1.48) a month":

^ ^ ^ ^ ^
^ Number of groups you may create ^ Months ^ Standard price ^ New Organizer Promotion 50% off (good for one use) ^ Renew for a new period ^
| 3 ^ 1 | $5.50 | $2.50 | $5.00 |
| 3 ^ 3 | $10.00 | $5.00 | $10.00 |
| 3 ^ 6 | $12.00 | $6.00 | $12.00 |
| ^ | | | |

===== Engineering =====
  *[[http://www.cnc-arena.com/forum/|CNC-Arena]].
  *[[http://www.ingenieur.de/|ingenieur.de – Das Netzwerk für Ingenieure]] by [[http://www.vdi-nachrichten.com/|VDI Nachrichten]].
===== Newsgroups =====
==== Newsgroups about Computer Languages ====
  *[[http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang|Google Groups "comp.lang"]].
==== Newsgroups for OOD/OOP ====
  *[[http://groups.google.com/group/de.comp.objekt/|Google Groups "de.comp.objekt"]].
==== Newsgroups for GUI/API programming ====
  *[[http://groups.google.com/group/de.comp.os.ms-windows.programmer|Google Groups "de.comp.os.ms-windows.programmer"]].
  *[[http://groups.google.com/group/de.comp.os.unix.programming|Google Groups "de.comp.os.unix.programming"]].
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