Re: 10 years of the lb-l

Even though I work for a vendor I agree with Simon. A vendor neutral environment is very valuable.

Mischa

On Sep 10, 2010, at 08:05 , Simon Hamilton-Wilkes wrote:

> 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:
>>  Hi 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.  However, 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 takes
>> more work to maintain a lightly used list then a heavier one.  I think we've
>> hit the point of diminishing returns for usefulness on investment in time.
>> 
>> So I'm thinking of retiring the list.  The archive will always be around 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
>> 
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