Re: 10 years of the lb-l
Simon Hamilton-Wilkes <[email protected]> Thu, 9 Sep 2010 23:05:56 -0700
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It's nice to have a vendor neutral environment, in terms of effort, would a linkedin group be less work? Not sure what's involved in the maintenance, but glad you put in the time, it's been valuable to me several times. Simon On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 8:27 PM, Tony Bourke <[email protected]> wrote: > =A0Hi All, > > It's been 10 years (started July 2000), and the lb-l has been a great > resource for load balancing aficionados and beginners alike. =A0However, = with > Google, Twitter, and various vendor websites, it's becoming a dinosaur. > > It takes a bit of work to maintain a mailing list, and oddly enough it ta= kes > more work to maintain a lightly used list then a heavier one. =A0I think = we've > hit the point of diminishing returns for usefulness on investment in time. > > So I'm thinking of retiring the list. =A0The archive will always be aroun= d of > course, but the list will likely be decommissioned. > > And rather than a sign of a stagnant load balancing/ADC community, it's a > sign of progress, that there are better, more efficient resources (Google, > vendor help sites, etc.) than this list. > > There hasn't been much activity in quite a while, but before I pulled the > plug I wanted to hear everyone's thoughts. > > Tony > > _______________________________________________ > lb-l mailing list > [email protected] > http://vegan.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lb-l > _______________________________________________ lb-l mailing list [email protected] http://vegan.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lb-l