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Originally Posted by dugan (Post 4656372)

I predict that her "factual article" will include whining about how mean we were to give her feedback (like this) on her writing process and communication strategy. That's what she calls "personal attacks", you know. ;)

Touche'!

I do agree that we need to be informed here if the site goes down for any reason. People overreact, and then this happens. Slackware is NOT dieing, there is plenty of activity in current. If I understand Eric correctly, slackware.com is hosted by a hosting company, and the hosting company apparently is having a problem.

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Originally Posted by dugan (Post 4656372)

It is interesting how she made it personal, even tho it wasn't.

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Originally Posted by caitlyn (Post 4654855)

Let me be clear: I know some of you hate me because I've dared write reviews that didn't praise Slackware from top to bottom.

Who's putting words in who's mouth now... Nobody even mentioned the word "hate" before this post. And now we somehow suddenly hate her, and she "knows" this...

There's not much more to say ... the evidence stands for itself. It's clear that we have made a personal attack on her, because she "knows" we hate her, somehow, even tho the word was never mentioned, except by her.

EDIT2: :doh:

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Originally Posted by blue_k (Post 4656452)

If I understand Eric correctly, slackware.com is hosted by a hosting company, and the hosting company apparently is having a problem.

Wrong again. Stop misinterpreting my words. This thread should be closed.

Eric

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Originally Posted by Alien Bob (Post 4656479)

Wrong again. Stop misinterpreting my words. This thread should be closed.

Eric

I'm sorry. How exactly is it hosted then? Is it Pat owns the server, but has them at a hosting company, or something else?

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Originally Posted by Alien Bob (Post 4656479)

Wrong again. Stop misinterpreting my words. This thread should be closed.

Eric

Amen!

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Originally Posted by blue_k (Post 4656489)

I'm sorry. How exactly is it hosted then?

As I understand from what's been said, the server is hosted at a hosting company, but it belongs to PV, and it's a hardware problem, not a hosting one.

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Originally Posted by audriusk (Post 4656499)

As I understand from what's been said, the server is hosted at a hosting company, but it belongs to PV, and it's a hardware problem, not a hosting one.

Ok, that's what I just noticed. I apologize again to Eric, I should have read it more thoroughly before posting.

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Originally Posted by H_TeXMeX_H (Post 4656455)

We need a face palm smiley, like I've said before.

Is this one close enough?

:doh:

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Originally Posted by ruario (Post 4656402)

I don't think it was announced. It threw me when I first noticed following a comment in this thread near the end of last year.

Niels Horn told me around that time that slackwiki.org was registered to Erik Hanson, though I am not sure what happened. I presume Erik either deciding it wasn't needed or the registration simply lapsed. Either way it seems that slackwiki.com/.org are not "official". Sure, like SlackBuilds.org the wiki is important to the wider community but it isn't one of PatV's sites.

Edit: It seems that the registration lapsed once previously (roughly a year before), so it is reasonable to expect it might be the same thing this time. Though as I said, it is not an official site anyway. Also it seems to be run by the same groups of people who maintain SlackBuilds.org. If so they are doing it for free in their spare time. So no complaints from me. We only need one domain for slackwiki anyway.

Yeah, Erik forgot to renew again. In the past, it was as simple as paying the (late) renewal fee a few days later, and all was well. However, it seems that the registrant was bought out or turned evil or something since last time, because they wanted a "holding fee" of $250+ this time, and then there was still no guarantee that we would get the domain back, thus slackwiki.com was registered. :)

Look what our "Syndicate Linux News" aggregator just picked up. A (good) article on this by LQ regular MS3FGX!

LXer: SOS: Save Our Slackware?

Direct link to article:

SOS: Save Our Slackware?

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Originally Posted by dugan (Post 4656380)

* Sigh. Agreed.

EDIT: Wait. Over the past *year*? What did I miss before this?

Nothing, which, ultimately, is what fueled the current "firestorm." The comment about "old equipment and lack of funds" was the spark that ignited the fire.

Let the thread die........

Know what they say about "Assume"?

“When you assume, you make an ass out of u and me.”
~ Oscar Wilde on Assumption

thus spoke the sage: "it's usually our policy not to speculate on release dates, since that's what it is — pure speculation."

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Originally Posted by Alien Bob (Post 4656479)

This thread should be closed.

Eric

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Originally Posted by SqdnGuns (Post 4656825)

Let the thread die........

Agree. It's dead and beginning to smell. Bury it now.