[pianotech] The demise of pianotech list

[Ed Foote]

             Y'all are complaining about a tool like it had a 
personality.  The forced change of exchange is unwelcome, but so is 
hair loss, and really doesn't make much difference in the big picture.  
  The corporate decision is just like a curve in the road, it is only 
really a problem for those that don't want to turn the wheel.
    I hate changing over,  I am a technophobe. More comfortable with 
arcane glues and testing ways of making sealing wax than recognizing an 
ISP number , whatever that is.  I don't know what the 12 steps are for 
technophobia, but maybe, just maybe, going through the rigamarole of 
addresses, menus, settings, all of which make me want to scream and 
throw things, (I don't), I will at least keep things looking and 
working the same, even if it is through a different channel.
     It seems that the Google+ thing makes my mailbox look just like it 
does on this pianotech forum. I sent the empty email, got something 
back, and now I get postings in my email just like I did before.  It 
seems that Jim Moy has got a handle on how it all works, and he appears 
to occasionally lift some lost lamb from the cyberfog, setting the 
buttons appropriately , and leaving them once again plugged in and 
'debating' with the technical peer group we all recognize, even if we 
can't define it.

    The water is fine, and the sharks don't bite.  might blow up your 
computer, but probably not.

Ed Foote RPT
http://www.piano-tuners.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html

-----Original Message-----
From: Ron Nossaman <rnossaman at cox.net>
To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Wed, Mar 20, 2013 2:07 pm
Subject: Re: [pianotech] The demise of pianotech list


On 3/20/2013 1:29 PM, Susan Kline wrote:> Joe, I agree. I felt that the 
choice of date was insulting> rather than humorous, especially added to 
the lack of notice> and the continuing lack of explanation of their 
rationale for> closing the mailman list at all.And it was intentionally 
as insulting as they could make it, to show "who's in charge".> One can 
say, "no harm done, Googletech will just take over> for the mailman 
users", but I think that misses the point. What> had been, just two 
years ago, a relatively unified and simple> setup --