What gives has the list server gone belly up?

[Collins]

On Friday 19 December 2003 09:17, Leon Goldstein wrote:
> Collins wrote:
> >Yeah, back in the Caldera list days, newbies needed an asbestos suit to
> > fight the flames!  The list has mellowed out.  I'll throw out a few
> > tidbits later.
>
> Either my memory is bad, or my brains have turned into asbestos, but I
> never got the impression this list was ever neophyte-incendiary.  (Now
> here is a topic to start a flame war with!)

It wasn't an everyday occurrence, but I distinctly remember a few instances of 
newbie roasting, including my own first skating on the linux ice.  Those were 
the days when I couldn't distinguish a PCI card from an ISA card, having 
never opened a PC case prior to that time.

-- 
Collins