[Ti] Here's your challenge...

[Shawn King]

On 1/17/03 3:27 PM, "Michael Bigley" <wakinyan at fuse.net> wrote:

>> It's all word of mouth.  If we don't do it, who will?
> 
> What you describe sounds like the old Evangelista list.

And a little like the present MacMarines:
<http://www.macmarines.com/pages/list.html>

>  It was 
> moderated by Guy Kawasaki and run by Apple. When Guy left Apple they
> did not replace him (AFAIK), but the list went away.

No, it didn't - but it should have.

It was taken over by Shane Anderson who has destroyed the original purpose
of the list by turning it into his own little profit center.

> When folks needed Mac
> support (like a school switching to Windoze), the list would
> literally send thousands of reasons and experiences that supported
> the Mac; flames were disdained on this list and those who wanted to
> flame anti-Mac folks were directed to lists like Mackido and others
> that were more militant.

I run a list like that right now.

> But 
> as subsequent failed Evangelists proved, it takes a dedicated,
> full-time moderator to keep the list focused and active. Anybody at
> Apple listening?

Nope. Because Apple doesn't see that as their job.

Shawn King
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