What gives has the list server gone belly up?

[Net Llama!]

On 12/19/03 13:47, Keith Antoine wrote:

> At 01:31 AM 20/12/2003, Lonnie wrote:
> 
>> Much as I hate to admit it, i think the spirit of the list has died.  New
>> SxS submissions have dropped off significantly in the past year.
>>
>> I wish that there was a way to get some new membership on this list (in
>> addition to the current) which might spark things a bit.
> 
> 
> I have ben quiet, as you all well know, for sometime now. The inability to
> keep up with others on the list plus developments that have passed me by,
> have aspired to shut me up.
> 
> The main reason for success of any list is 'controversy and limited 
> knowledge'.
> By that I mean that the knowledge is built into a few who are willing 
> and eager
> to distribute that knowledge, plus a controversial edge that make those 
> on the
> list into disciples.
> 
> In the beginning there were: Damd sorry wrong tract:: In its infancy the 
> old
> caldera list was a focal point, for those who hated M$ and wanted something
> different after the collapse of OS2. Hence it was a boiling pot. Today 
> we have the
> situation where the is now plenty of documentation, not sufficient, but 
> then all
> the others lack this too, at this point in time: level playing field.
> 
> So I too think the list is has served its purpose to a great degree. 
> Initially the
> install of linux was a minefield for even the initiated, sometimes to 
> ones great suprise
> it went smoothly an one wondered what was wrong. BTW, something else we
> were all a lot younger and competitive plus many were single and no 
> dependents
> to bother us with 'workloads' outside computing.
> 
> New membership ? They all have heard about linux by now, a plethora of 
> newsy sites,
> along with many other lists, even this lists SxS can be reached without 
> being a member.
> Who has problems loading printer drivers or camera drivers today, not 
> many, in other
> words linux has matured and is continuing to do so. Its only in the more 
> esoteric hardware
> that its lacking, dvd authoring, digital and HD TV card support etc.
> 
> Wow that was a dissertation, feel like me old self. Go on make my day, 
> Kurt and Lonnie
> flame me.

Nothing to flame you over.  You said what I failed to find the words to 
say, and you said it with eloquence.  It just bothers me to see the 
withering of what was once a truly great online community.

> 
> Skippy; feeling more like Gandalf day by day.

That's a compliment.

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