[AccessD] Moderator Message

John,

It is my opinion that we have lost sight of the reasons for the other lists to begin with.

In the beginning was AccessD, and AccessD was with us, and AccessD was us, and it was good.

Then came a ton of traffic, and AccessD became overloaded, and OT was created to move some of the 
more ... lively... traffic off.  AccessD was good again.

As the world evolved and Access spread across the face of the world, AccessD again became overloaded 
and so other lists were created to channel specific interests, and AccessD was good again.

But as the evil Microsoft pushed its agenda and .Net spread across the world, interest in Access 
began to wane.  Still protected by the demigods, jealously pushing anything not Access related off 
to the other lists, AccessD began to die.

Now AccessD is a lonely place, devoid of life that was once so plentiful.

But the wondrous (OK, nefarious) JC, bringer of great debates, wanders through the lonely landscape 
wondering if things must remain this way until the final day.  Perhaps it is time to renew the 
banter, the OT discussions, to breath fresh life into a dying world.  Perhaps it is time to merge 
the other lists, once so necessary, back into AccessD so that the once mighty list can again have 
meaning in the lonely lives of so many developers around the world.

The wondrous (OK, nefarious) JC would speak his humble mind and suggest that the OT list remain 
untouched, available for the more ... lively... crowd, and that perhaps all the other lists be 
merged back into AccessD.

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com


John Bartow wrote:
> John, it's because we've added the other lists.
> 
> We've previously discussed Windows Home Server on the dba-tech list. I have
> a WHS and I'd like to discuss it with someone I know has it also.
> 
> We've previously discussed search engines on the DBA-tech and DBA-OT list.
> 
> I am subscribed to every list Database Advisors has. I use Outlook 2007 via
> DSL. If it can receive and sort mail into relevant folders without a problem
> - I'm sure every other email client on a high speed connection can too.
> Please subscribe to those lists, as I and many others have, and you will
> feel that old camaraderie again.
> 
> The more the merrier!
>