[Spridgets] List notes, history

[Jim Ryan]

I have enjoyed the lost since I bought my first BJ7 in '74.  Thank you so
much for keeping it viable.

On Mon, Dec 15, 2025, 6:18 AM Mark Bradakis via Spridgets <
spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:

> There was some discussion on one of the Team Net lists about how things
> have changed,  This is what I wrote, some of you may find it interesting.
>
> ====
>
>
> A lot has changed over the last 35 years or so.  When I took over from
> Jim Muller, who took over from Dale Cook, back in the late 80s the
> "Internet" was still a wet behind the ears baby.  These days, wow,
> completely different!
>
> This list is a fragment of the original british-cars list.  But one
> thing has not changed, and that is my commitment to providing this
> content as best I can, free of charge.  Sure there were times when I did
> *everything* by hand, one request at a time, for email address changes,
> additions, deletions.  There were times I was belittled for making what
> seemed like arbitrary decisions to the unaware observer. There were
> times I worked 20 - 30 hours a week on Team dot Net, even before it was
> Team dot Net.
>
> These days my workload is way down, thanks to automated email list
> software.  But things are always changing when it comes to computers.
> These days it is all still running, but who knows for how long.
>
> Mailman 2, the version I have running on the Team Net server, was
> released in April of 2004.  It has long since been shuffled off to
> inactive status as far as the folks maintaining it are concerned.  But
> still it chugs along, these days pieced together with chewing gum and
> baling wire.
>
> In case you are wondering:
>
>   [root at autox data]# uptime
>   15:13:45 up 876 days, 21:00,  1 user,  load average: 0.61, 0.55, 0.59
>   [root at autox data]# uname -a
>   Linux autox 5.3.11-100.fc29.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Nov 12 20:41:25 UTC 2019
> x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>
> Yes, the server has not been booted for about 2 and a half years.  The
> fc29 in the uname output is the level of Fedora running, last updated in
> 2019.  My personal computer is at revision 41.  A LOT has changed.  I
> fear that if the server goes down, it may never come back up cleanly on
> its own.  I am hoping to make it go for at least 1,000 days of
> continuous running.  But I'll burn that bridge before we cross it, or
> however the saying goes.
>
> For now, there are people who still enjoy these old lists, still finding
> them useful, and a lot more appealing than mass market social media
> outlets, with advertising you need to wade through to find anything
> worthwhile.
>
> And as long as I am able, I will keep it that way.  Enjoy the coming
> festive season!
>
> mjb.
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Jim Ryan

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