Re: *** ADMIN: midrange.com

["Francis Lapeyre" <flapeyre@xxxxxxxxx>]

Don't believe him. I'm sending this email from the
future<http://mail.google.com/mail/help/customtime/index.html>,
and I can tell you that nothing has changed.

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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