[Healeys] 30 years. 3 decades

[Tom Mitchell]

Can't say enough about what Marks and what he's done for our hobby. The
value and knowledge shared over the years has been exceptional.
 Thank you sir,  thank you.

Tom Mitchell



On Sun, Apr 11, 2021, 3:29 PM healeyguy--- via Healeys <
healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:

> I still like the term "listers" and as an old mentor once said, "Give them
> an ATTA-BOY " when they do a great job. That one is for you, Mark...
> All the best to those on the list(s).
> P
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark J Bradakis via Healeys <healeys at autox.team.net>
> To: healeys at autox.team.net <healeys at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Sun, Apr 11, 2021 9:00 am
> 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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