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Re: LUGNet shut off
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Tue, 19 Jul 2005 19:00:33 GMT
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In lugnet.build.mecha, Dave Schuler wrote:
   In lugnet.build.mecha, Robert Fries wrote:
   In lugnet.build.mecha, Marco Tagliaferri wrote:
   I read all the messages in the thread and some of the refering but couldn’t get the reason which led to the dicission(?) to shut down LUGNet on Oct 1..

Regarding how October 1st was chosen, Suzanne says in her blog:

”... I need to set a deadline. A shutdown clock will initiate shortly. It’s very real and all-encompassing. Everything will be gone from www.lugnet.com but for a pointer in about twelve weeks (possibly Oct 1, 2005). That’s not to say the data won’t live on elsewhere; I’m sure it will. It’s just that Todd and I can’t be responsible for it any more ...”

Hi Robert: With due respect, did you happen to read what Suz herself wrote here? Here’s the central point, IMO:

No piece of a blog entry should be pulled out, given a title and posted at LUGNET with an implication that an announcement has gone unnoticed by LUGNET users.

What will be, will be, of course. But I suspect that it will be more helpful to allow Suz to circulate her announcements here on LUGNET at her own pace.

Dave!

I am still struggling with the timing. I’m relieved that there has been no rush of panic!

Here’s what I’m thinking at the moment... For my own sanity, it seems reasonable that a rough course of action be decided upon by Aug 1. That is to say, I’ll have listened to a whole bunch of people by then, asked questions, looked at data, etc. and should have a plan (which may or may not be the same one I held in hand when I wrote the blog entry quoted above). A “plan” will just mean that a clock starts counting down, and we all understand some guidelines for what sort of good news might stop the clock.

I apologize for my still not being sure about those two dates, but sixty-ish days seems like a reasonable amount of warning before a shutdown, yes?


-Suz



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  Re: LUGNet shut off
 
(...) I, for one, endorse immediate, full-blown hysteria. All this reasonable analysis misses a golden opportunity for us to run around like headless chickens. (...) IMO you’d be within your rights, even if it would ruffle some feathers, to say (...) (19 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
  Re: LUGNet shut off
 
(...) Just to remind, this was a blog entry from about a month ago - not an official announcement to the LUGNET community. (...) Boy, that went by fast. But it's August first and I am organized. yea! The "real" announcement is now being written. (19 years ago, 2-Aug-05, to lugnet.admin.general)

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