[AccessD] Moderator Message

 > ...and John, this is not a hit on you ...you're just doing your job and I appreciate just how 
well you do it.

As do I John.  You are doing a great job, I just feel it is time to re-evaluate where we are.

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com


William Hindman wrote:
> ...I'm with the wondrous (OK, nefarious) JC on this
> 
> ...as one of those responsible for initially splitting the lists, I remember 
> that bandwidth was a major driver since so many of our members were still on 
> dial up ...splitting the lists allowed them to get only the Access related 
> posts without having to dl the rest over 56kb connections.
> 
> ...that is no longer the case
> 
> ...the current board ought to consider reintegrating some of the lists 
> ...not OT ...but others with low traffic.
> 
> ...JC is, unfortunately, right about the list being dead far too often these 
> days.
> 
> ...and John, this is not a hit on you ...you're just doing your job and I 
> appreciate just how well you do it.
> 
> William
> 
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "jwcolby" <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2009 11:44 AM
> To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" 
> <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
> Subject: Re: [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!
>>>
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