Re: Retiring the ListServ

Yes, I can't agree more.  I've subscribed for a very long time now and I'm
sad to see it go.
It will be more difficult now to find something similar.

I have been very grateful for this list.

Thanks,
Mike

On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 9:18 AM, Zaccariah Bowling <[email protected]>wrote:

> Yes, this list very focused and one of the best kept secrets on the
> internets. It has a great deal of Microsoft employees following it. It truly
> is an "advanced" listed. The topics that come up on here are only of the
> most complicated nature and are not those that be solved with a simple
> google or reading the MSDN docs a little closer. It's going to be sad to see
> it go.
>
> Zac
>
>
> On Sep 8, 2008, at 8:52 AM, HK Ball wrote:
>
>  ... here's one plea for continuance ... while the other mediums are
>> useful, they are often cluttered and unfocused ... an email mailing list
>> allows time to reflect and respond to thoughts from people you grow to know
>> and trust ...
>>
>> ... anyway, I am grateful for this very valuable list ...
>>
>> hk
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>>
>>> From: Ryan Heath <[email protected]>
>>> Sent: Sep 8, 2008 9:03 AM
>>> To: [email protected]
>>> Subject: Re: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Retiring the ListServ
>>>
>>> Same here, but lists that uses email to distribute, that's one of the
>>> main reasons asp.net it not working for me.
>>>
>>> // Ryan
>>>
>>> On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 2:43 PM, Geoff Taylor <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>> That's a shame!  I've been an avid lurker on this list (via various
>>>> email
>>>> addresses) for years.  I'm gonna miss it.
>>>>
>>>> So I'll ask the obvious question: Before simply re-creating this list on
>>>> Google or Yahoo, where are good high signal-to-noise discussions taking
>>>> place on advanced .NET topics?  Can anyone recommend any good forums or
>>>> groups that already exist?
>>>>
>>>> There's a very active alt.net discussion group, but it's much more
>>>> focused
>>>> on alt.net techniques than pure .NET.  And there's Win Tech Off Topic,
>>>> which
>>>> has some good .NET folks on it but is (naturally enough) for subjects
>>>> generally considered off-topic elsewhere.
>>>>
>>>> Anyone got any good suggestions?
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>>  Geoff
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 1:31 PM, Richard Blewett <[email protected]
>>>> >wrote:
>>>>
>>>>  Hi all
>>>>>
>>>>> We are currently undertaking an infrastructure review at DevelopMentor
>>>>> and
>>>>> have realised that apart from this one list the listserv is not really
>>>>> used
>>>>> any more. Unfortunately we cannot really justify maintaining the server
>>>>> for
>>>>> this one list and so we have decided to retire the listserv.
>>>>>
>>>>> I created this list as a moderated list six and a half years ago and so
>>>>> feel
>>>>> a bit sad to see its passing, but the world has moved on from mail
>>>>> reflectors to blogs, web forums and other discussion mediums.
>>>>>
>>>>> We will be taking the server offline on the 30th September so you have
>>>>> a
>>>>> bit
>>>>> of time to get anything you need from the archives
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for your involvement over the last few years
>>>>>
>>>>> Richard Blewett
>>>>> CTO
>>>>> DevelopMentor
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