RE: *** ADMIN: midrange.com

Thanks for that. It's 6pm here in Strasbourg and I'd managed to get through the day uptil then without anyone saying POISSON D'AVRIL !

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De : midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] De la part de Jen
Envoyé : mardi 1 avril 2008 16:55
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Objet : Re: *** ADMIN: midrange.com


On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 9:48 AM, David Gibbs <david@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Folks:

Now that I've been awarded the Distinguished Service Award, my final
professional goal has been realized.

As such, I'm happy to announce that I will no longer be running
midrange.com. A few weeks ago I was approached by a third party about
purchasing the midrange.com domain, I asked $1.5 million, which was
accepted.

Effective at close of business today, midrange.com will be shutting
down. I understand the new owners have great plans to transform the
domain into an adult entertainment site.

All the existing content will be encrypted with a 1024 bit key ...
which will promptly be lost.

Personally, I'm going to take the proceeds move my wife, my cat, and
myself, to Maui and start my new career ... clam digging.

I wish you all the best of luck in your future endeavors ...
SUCKERS!!!!!!!!!!!!


david




p.s. Oh yeah, for those of you who are just waking up, look at the calendar.

p.p.s. FWIW: I actually _WAS_ approached by someone interested in
buying midrange.com ... and I did ask $1.5 million ... but I never
had any intentions of selling. Rest assured, midrange.com will
continue to serve the <insert name here> / System i / iSeries / AS400
community as it has for the past 15 years. And I won't let the accolades go to my head.
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