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Re: [Tigers] 30 years. 3 decades.

To: "tigers@autox.team.net" <tigers@autox.team.net>, Mark J Bradakis <mark@bradakis.com>
Subject: Re: [Tigers] 30 years. 3 decades.
From: Terry Packer via Tigers <tigers@autox.team.net>
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2021 15:46:40 +0000 (UTC)
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 Mark
The feeling of "Thank You" crosses our minds and enters our thoughts many m=
ore times than the words reach you. For all you have done and continue to d=
o, especially that which we don't know and can't see, THANK YOU.
Terry
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    On Sunday, April 11, 2021, 6:04:14 AM PDT, Mark J Bradakis via Tigers <=
tigers@autox.team.net> wrote: =20
=20
 On this day 30 years ago Team.Net came into being.=C2=A0 The British-cars=
=20
mailing list was already going strong, an offshoot from rec.autos Usenet=20
group.=C2=A0 Dale Cook, Jim Muller, then me. Team.net went from 2 lists at=
=20
the beginning, autox and british-cars, and exploded into nearly 70=20
different lists with something like 15,000 individuals subscribed at its=20
peak.=C2=A0 For a while it was pretty much the only game in town.=C2=A0 As =
I=20
recall, when I attended the SCCA Solo II Nationals 25th Anniversary=20
event, something like 2/3rds of the 1,000+ entrants were on the autox list.

And it amazes me that with such a scatterbrained procrastinator like me=20
behind the curtain it is still on the air. It is a lot quieter these=20
days, much better software handle many of the janitorial tasks=20
automatically.=C2=A0 Back in the beginning, I had to do *everything* by han=
d,=20
so to speak. Subscribes, unsubscribes, errors, I was spending 10, 15, 20=20
hours a week maintaining the server.=C2=A0 The first server had a 100 MHz=
=20
processor.=C2=A0 Things have changed.=C2=A0 Back then just having a fast ne=
twork=20
connection at a residence was rare and expensive.=C2=A0 Good old DSL.=C2=A0=
 I=20
remember that time when my service provider went belly up, and team net=20
was off the air for 11 days straight.=C2=A0 I don't miss those days at all.

Anyway, happy birthday to those of you still here.=C2=A0 I hope I can=20
continue to provide a useful service for years to come.

mjb.
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                    On Sunday, April 11, 2021, 6:04:14 AM PDT, Mark J Brada=
kis via Tigers &lt;tigers@autox.team.net&gt; wrote:
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                <div><br></div>
                <div><div dir=3D"ltr">On this day 30 years ago Team.Net cam=
e into being.&nbsp; The British-cars <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">mailing lis=
t was already going strong, an offshoot from rec.autos Usenet <br></div><di=
v dir=3D"ltr">group.&nbsp; Dale Cook, Jim Muller, then me. Team.net went fr=
om 2 lists at <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">the beginning, autox and british-c=
ars, and exploded into nearly 70 <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">different lists=
 with something like 15,000 individuals subscribed at its <br></div><div di=
r=3D"ltr">peak.&nbsp; For a while it was pretty much the only game in town.=
&nbsp; As I <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">recall, when I attended the SCCA Sol=
o II Nationals 25th Anniversary <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">event, something=
 like 2/3rds of the 1,000+ entrants were on the autox list.<br></div><div d=
ir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">And it amazes me that with such a sca=
tterbrained procrastinator like me <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">behind the cu=
rtain it is still on the air. It is a lot quieter these <br></div><div dir=
=3D"ltr">days, much better software handle many of the janitorial tasks <br=
></div><div dir=3D"ltr">automatically.&nbsp; Back in the beginning, I had t=
o do *everything* by hand, <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">so to speak. Subscrib=
es, unsubscribes, errors, I was spending 10, 15, 20 <br></div><div dir=3D"l=
tr">hours a week maintaining the server.&nbsp; The first server had a 100 M=
Hz <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">processor.&nbsp; Things have changed.&nbsp; B=
ack then just having a fast network <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">connection a=
t a residence was rare and expensive.&nbsp; Good old DSL.&nbsp; I <br></div=
><div dir=3D"ltr">remember that time when my service provider went belly up=
, and team net <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">was off the air for 11 days strai=
ght.&nbsp; I don't miss those days at all.<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></=
div><div dir=3D"ltr">Anyway, happy birthday to those of you still here.&nbs=
p; I hope I can <br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">continue to provide a useful ser=
vice for years to come.<br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr=
">mjb.<br></div></div>
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