Re: A86: TICALC shuting down?

To: assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org
Subject: Re: A86: TICALC shuting down?
From: Bryan Rabeler <brabeler@isd.ingham.k12.mi.us>
Date: Wed, 01 Apr 1998 17:02:21 -0500
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TGaArdvark wrote:

> Actually, I was talking with Bryan Rabeler and David Ellsworth.
> (Allah and eXocomp on IRC). It's totally real. And they apologise
> about the confusion the announcement date has caused. IT IS
> NOT AN APRIL FOOLS JOKE! They made their reasons for
> shutting down clear in the newsletter. Also, it's very expensive
> to run a huge domain like ticalc.org ($20,000.00 US). And they
> haven't made back a cent. The founders are getting older and
> moving on with their lives. It had to happen sometime. I'm
> suprised it took so long. Well, TI-Philes will be a great re-
> placement. They are obviously the best site around. The
> ticalc.org staff chose a very good time to shut down (ignoring
> the announcement date and all). Long live TI-Philes!
>
> (If you feel the need to continue to argue about this, please
> send your letters to me or ticalc.org, not the list. This string
> has lasted long enough on the list and there's not much to
> say that I didn't just cover. If you send me a question I can't
> answer and ticalc.org can't answer it, feel free to send it to
> the list at that point.)

That is a lie.  Oh yeah, and I'll post to this list if I want to. :)

Bryan

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Re: A86: TICALC shuting down?

From: TGaArdvark <TGaArdvark@aol.com>