[Tfug] TFUG Site/List

[Robert Hunter]

April Fool! ;-)

On undefined, Jon <bigj at flatwan.net> wrote:
> TFUG'ers,
>
>  Over the past years I have been made several offers by people on the
>  'net to purchase tfug.org from myself and Tyler. We've discussed these
>  offers in private and unanimously decided it wasn't good for the users,
>  let alone us.
>
>  Well one person that has made offers in the past "upped the ante" so we
>  began talking about it some more. We concluded that the TFUG list
>  doesn't really offer any quality information you can't obtain from other
>  linux/unix enthusiasts lists. It seems people prefer the list as place
>  to harass and belittle people to make their miserable lives seem more
>  tolerable. That combined with the lack of committment to redo the
>  website and get it to modern day standards, we (Tyler and I) have
>  decided to take the offer and disband the TFUG list.
>
>  The new owner will let the list continue to run for the month of April
>  at which point the list will be shutdown along with the website. This
>  was a hard decision to make, trust us. There are alternatives though.
>  Google and Yahoo both have free mailing lists which might be a suitable
>  replacement for a list such as this.
>
>  I've met some great people (and not so great. You know who you are...)
>  and it pains me to do this. Stay in touch.
>
>  --
>  Jon
>
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RH