[AccessD] RE: Age of the List was (Drew - Age of the Archives?)

John W. Colby jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Thu Mar 4 14:35:12 CST 2004


We set up DatabaseAdvisors as an entity before the actual list was
established.

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of John Bartow
Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 3:06 PM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: RE: [AccessD] RE: Age of the List was (Drew - Age of the
Archives?)


I remember when you all set up OT (I didn't join it then as I was actually
"too" too busy). I don't remember any discussion about setting up
DatabaseAdvisors, Inc as an entity though.

John

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of William
Hindman
Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 1:28 PM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] RE: Age of the List was (Drew - Age of the
Archives?)


"DatabaseAdvisors, Inc has only been around since 2001" Bryan

...not so Bryan ...without going back into my own archives I know for a fact
that dba-OT was formed immediately after the 2000 elections as a direct
result of heavy OT traffic on AccessD :)

William Hindman "My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with
me." Disraeli

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bryan Carbonnell" <Bryan_Carbonnell at cbc.ca>
To: <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 12:33 PM
Subject: [AccessD] RE: Age of the List was (Drew - Age of the Archives?)


> Well, actually AccessD, as a list has been around for more than 7 years,
> IIRC. It was originally hosted by David Scott at the MT Group.
>
> DatabaseAdvisors, Inc has only been around since 2001
>
> I just had a quick look at the Internet archive  and have come up with
> a reference from 1997
> (http://web.archive.org/web/19971221192627/http://mtgroup.com/) but
> I'm sure it's been around for longer than that.
>
> Bryan Carbonnell
> bryan_carbonnell at cbc.ca
>
> >>> john at winhaven.net 04-Mar-04 11:51:06 AM >>>
> Not according to our website!
>
> I had thought I joined in May of 2000 but when I saw that I figured it
> must
> have been May of 2001. I could be wrong. The only way to verify it woul
> dbe
> backup tapes and BLA! -its bad enough when I have to use them :o)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of William
> Hindman
> Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 10:28 AM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Drew - Age of the Archives?
>
>
> ...AccessD was alive and well long before 2001 :)
>
> William Hindman "My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees
> with
> me." Disraeli
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Bartow" <john at winhaven.net>
> To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving"
> <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
> Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 10:51 AM
> Subject: RE: [AccessD] Drew - Age of the Archives?
>
>
> > I don't blame you, after the run of luck you've had!
> >
> > I'm leery every time I do a presentation. I don't mind speaking in
> front
> of
> > people but it seems something always goes wrong - no matter how
> prepared I
> > am. I've done presentations for conferences where the coordinator
> guaranteed
> > the equipment was what I asked for and when I show up they have
> projectors
> > that don't handle 1024x768 which is the only res. at which my
> laptop's
> video
> > looks good (640 cuts the text lines up). I had another conference
> where I
> > was setup 30 minutes early, everything worked fine, unplug my laptop
> and
> the
> > first presenter plugs his in, he goes on and finishes, I plug my
> laptop
> into
> > the projector and POOF my laptop's screen goes out. It took about 20
> minutes
> > to get it all rearranged so that my partner could run the
> presentation
> from
> > the projected image rather than the laptop, while I talked about it.
> (we
> > were showing a new app. live of course.) Luckily there was a third
> presenter
> > that went on in our time slot and 500 people weren't just sitting
> there
> > getting irritated. Took a month to get the screen replaced too :o(
> >
> > John
> >
> > BTW AccessD as we know it was formed in 2001 so I guess I have it
> narrowed
> > down enough now :o)
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of
> > DWUTKA at marlow.com
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 11:47 AM
> > To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
> > Subject: RE: [AccessD] Drew - Age of the Archives?
> >
> >
> > I actually gave a presentation on the 'indexing' capabilities I built
> for
> > the archives last month.  After my track record with major
> changes/updates
> > to the archives, I was just a little leary to give that
> presentation....go
> > figure!
> >
> > Drew
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of John
> Bartow
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 11:24 AM
> > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> > Subject: RE: [AccessD] Drew - Age of the Archives?
> >
> >
> > Drew,
> > Yes, it is an interesting timeline, I thought of a few of those
> things
> too!
> > :o)
> >
> > Thanks,
> > John
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of
> > DWUTKA at marlow.com
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 10:47 AM
> > To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
> > Subject: RE: [AccessD] Drew - Age of the Archives?
> >
> >
> > Hmmmm, let's work backwards.  I know that the archives stopping
> archiving
> > this past August/September (2003), because that's when I separated
> from
> > Tammy.  I know the archives started using the 'Memo Field Indexing'
> in
> April
> > of 2003, because that is when my apartment caught fire.  I know I
> moved
> the
> > archives from Marlow to my home in early January of 2003, because my
> DSL
> > company went bankrupt and pulled the plug on their network then.
> >
> > I have no clue when I actually 'started' the archives, other then a
> wild
> > guess at about 6 months before I moved it home.  So I would say July
> or
> > August of 2002.
> >
> > Drew (Interesting timeline, eh?)
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of John
> Bartow
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 9:00 PM
> > To: _DBA-Access
> > Subject: [AccessD] Drew - Age of the Archives?
> >
> >
> > Drew,
> > Someone recently asked me how long I have been on this list. The
> only
> point
> > of reference I could think of was about two years before I sent all
> my
> > archives to Drew!
> >
> > So, Do you know when you put the archives together on your site?
> >
> > John "My memory is 40 years ahead of it time (I have a like I'm over
> 80)"
> > Bartow
> >
> >
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