[Healeys] 30 years. 3 decades

[Bob Spidell]

I have nothing to add to all the good words, so I sent money instead.

bd


On 4/11/2021 11:06 AM, Richard Collins via Healeys wrote:
> Mark,
> Multiple kudos for your efforts all these years. While I have multiple 
> brands in my garage, this is the only site I see everyday and 
> consistently use it and the archives to keep my BN7 on the road
>
>
> Regards,
> Richard C
>
>
>> On Apr 11, 2021, at 11:19, E.A. Driver via Healeys 
>> <healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:
>>
>>  Good morning Mark
>>
>> Effort very well done! Although the flow of posts to the Healey list 
>> has decline somewhat it still is enjoyable to receive those that 
>> arrive. Big thanks for this service to Healey owners.
>>
>> Ed
>>
>> E.A. Driver
>> Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
>>
>>
>> On 11/04/2021 7:00 a.m., Mark J Bradakis via Healeys wrote:
>>> 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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