Bentley Developer Portal : coming soon

How soon? Will the existing forum info be in this portal?

Hi Mike Robertson,

All we can say is Very soon.  At first direct Support links will take you to the existing "Developer and Programming", "MicroStation Programming Forums" and other respective product development forums, The developer communities will continue to be the primary area of interaction.  Future portal updates may include adding a (multi-function) Search text box providing search results from Portal site contents and from the developer communities using the single text search field.

HTH,
Bob

Hi Mike Robertson,

All we can say is Very soon.  At first direct Support links will take you to the existing "Developer and Programming", "MicroStation Programming Forums" and other respective product development forums, The developer communities will continue to be the primary area of interaction.  Future portal updates may include adding a (multi-function) Search text box providing search results from Portal site contents and from the developer communities using the single text search field.

HTH,
Bob

If this discussion board is moved to the "Developer's Portal", will amateurs be able to browse and post on the board?

If not, does Bentley have any plan to give access to programming conversation to people who are not "developers"? As it is, support for people who want to learn the programming side of things is very weak, effectively shutting out people who may want to learn, but cannot afford the BDN subscription, or whose companies may not be willing to sign the contract for "someone's hobby".

Will there be an "entry level" to this portal? Curiosity has inspired plenty of people to develop interest in programming, and without access, that curiosity is stifled. Prospective Bentley advocates meet only a dead end, and take their interest elsewhere.

"Very soon"
enough said. :-(