{"id":426,"date":"2006-08-23T04:57:57","date_gmt":"2006-08-23T09:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2006\/08\/23\/an-end-of-an-era-and-the-beginning-of-one"},"modified":"2006-08-23T08:01:19","modified_gmt":"2006-08-23T13:01:19","slug":"an-end-of-an-era-and-the-beginning-of-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2006\/08\/23\/an-end-of-an-era-and-the-beginning-of-one","title":{"rendered":"An end of an era (and the beginning of one)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So, a while back, Dr. Nah, announced that my-opensource.org will be no more. I guess its a sad day, because the ever (in)famous myoss@my-opensource.org list, which has been around since 1998 (or earlier?) is now, no more.<\/p>\n<p>It is now at <a href=\"http:\/\/lists.foss.org.my\/mailman\/listinfo\/myoss\">myoss@lists.foss.org.my<\/a> it would seem. And Khairil, who runs the box has created a rather important list for the <em>newbies<\/em>: one to get their <a href=\"http:\/\/lists.foss.org.my\/mailman\/listinfo\/questions\">Questions<\/a> answered.<\/p>\n<p>Of course in myoss tradition, it has expanded the <a href=\"http:\/\/lists.foss.org.my\/pipermail\/myoss\/2006-August\/000277.html\">discussion<\/a> into one that asks if a forum is better, and a whole bunch of other things. 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