Re: [extremeprogramming] ...and we're back!

What a great idea, thanks for doing this, J.B.! I owe so much to the people
who participated in all the email discussions back in the very early 00s.

On Tue, Oct 29, 2019 at 4:31 AM J. B. Rainsberger <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello, there! If you're surprised to receive this message, then I'm
> surprised to send it. Welcome back to the Extreme Programming discussion
> group.
>
> When Yahoo! announced that it was discontinuing its groups in 2019, I
> decided to rescue this particular group because I cared about preserving
> the history and because I wanted to see whether we could revive some of
> these discussions. It seems likely that groups.io will not disappear on
> us in the near future, so the information here should be safe for a
> non-trivial amount of time.
>
> I know that the fashion is to discuss these matters on the various social
> media network, but I think we lose something by the immediacy of the
> discussions there. I think we end up having poorer versions of our
> discussions because they happen to be with whoever happens to be at hand at
> the moment. Conversations at the bar can be fun, but they don't have the
> substance of a thoughtful conversation spread out over weeks with dozens of
> caring, interested people. I'd like to see whether we can revive some of
> that in our community.
>
> If you have a good conversation on Twitter or LinkedIn---or even Facebook,
> it could happen---then I invite you to post a conversation thread link in
> here, maybe write a one-paragraph summary, and see who else here might be
> interested! If we just start, then maybe something wonderful could happen.
>
> And please forgive me some email disruption in the short term. You might
> have forgot that this list existed. You might have turned it off with
> filters or reported it as spam. If you consider this an intrusion, then let
> me assure you that you can simply unsubscribe with no difficulty.
>
> Finally, whoever had administrative rights to this group and wants them
> again should let me know and I'll take care of it.
>
> Thanks!
> --
> J. B. Rainsberger :: https://tdd.training :: https://blog.jbrains.ca ::
> https://blog.thecodewhisperer.com :: #xplives
> 
>
>

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