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Re: [Healeys] 30 years. 3 decades

To: "'Mark J Bradakis'" <mark@bradakis.com>, "'AH Mail List'" <healeys@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] 30 years. 3 decades
From: "m.g.sharp--- via Healeys" <healeys@autox.team.net>
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2021 10:27:46 -0400
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"Useful service" does not describe it Mark.  Your hard work and consistent 
dedication to this list has kept many cars on the road and helped the Healey 
community stay in touch for three decades.  It is an invaluable service that 
you provide.

Thank you.

Mirek

-----Original Message-----
From: Healeys <healeys-bounces@autox.team.net> On Behalf Of Mark J Bradakis via 
Healeys
Sent: April 11, 2021 9:00 AM
To: healeys@autox.team.net
Subject: [Healeys] 30 years. 3 decades

On this day 30 years ago Team.Net came into being.  The British-cars mailing 
list was already going strong, an offshoot from rec.autos Usenet group.  Dale 
Cook, Jim Muller, then me. Team.net went from 2 lists at the beginning, autox 
and british-cars, and exploded into nearly 70 different lists with something 
like 15,000 individuals subscribed at its peak.  For a while it was pretty much 
the only game in town.  As I recall, when I attended the SCCA Solo II Nationals 
25th Anniversary 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 behind 
the curtain it is still on the air. It is a lot quieter these days, much better 
software handle many of the janitorial tasks automatically.  Back in the 
beginning, I had to do *everything* by hand, so to speak. Subscribes, 
unsubscribes, errors, I was spending 10, 15, 20 hours a week maintaining the 
server.  The first server had a 100 MHz processor.  Things have changed.  Back 
then just having a fast network connection at a residence was rare and 
expensive.  Good old DSL.  I remember that time when my service provider went 
belly up, and team net was off the air for 11 days straight.  I don't miss 
those days at all.

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

mjb.



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