Re: Retiring the ListServ

Replying to this message as -- for whatever reason -- I didn't get =20
Richard's original mail.

I think this list was and still is one of more valuable Internet =20
resources to the Java developer community at large. DevelopMentor is =20
to be lauded for providing this service for all these years, and as =20
much as I'm saddened by this decision, I of course recognize DM's =20
right to decide so. I'm sure we who participated on this list can =20
probably find another venue to exchange thoughts, even though there's =20=

a sentimental value to this particular one on the Internet. I joined =20
this list more than seven years ago, and it always felt like it's a =20
club of likeminded people where I can come to discuss interesting Java-=20=

related topics. But as I said, we can probably find another venue. We =20=

can use the remaining time of this list to organize one :-)

What I'm really sad to see though, is that list archives are going =20
away. I think they're a very significant resource, not just =20
historically. Many questions were answered here in such detail that =20
this list's archived messages can turn up fairly high on relevant =20
Google searches. To this day I'll sometime e-mail people links to this =20=

message or that, when I remember something they ask from me was =20
answered on this list years ago. There's real knowledge stored =20
therein, and I'd hate to see it going offline forever. I wonder if we =20=

can do something about that - even if just post it as a bunch of =20
static pages somewhere and leave it up to Google to keep it accessible =20=

by search.

Attila.

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On Sep 8, 2008, at 9:54 PM, Rodrick Brown wrote:

> On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 2:10 PM, Richard Blewett =20
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>>
>>
>> We are currently going through an infrastructure review and due to =20=

>> the
>> minimal traffic on the listserv we have decided to decommission the =20=

>> server.
>> The world has moved on from mail reflectors to blogs, forums and =20
>> other
>> discussion mediums and inline with that the usage of the listservs =20=

>> has
>> dropped to a trickle. The listserv will go offline on 30th =20
>> September so if
>> you need information from the archives you have some time to get it
>>
>>
>
> I'm sad to see this list go I joined about a year ago and from what I
> can tell there has been a ton of useful threads and information
> sharing in that short amount of time.
>
>>
>> Thank you for your past involvement with the lists
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards
>>
>>
>>
>> Richard Blewett
>>
>> CTO
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>> DevelopMentor
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