On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 5:20 PM, Ilias Lazaridis <ilias / lazaridis.com> wrote: > Talking about "Killing a Language System". > > If members of the "freak-show" control central project resources, then > things become critical. > > Gateway Shutting Downhttp://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.ruby/browse_frm/thread/37320... > > And the real "rationale" of this: > > "I'm shutting down the Ruby gateway. Gated messages - Ilias messages < > 4% of gated Usenet traffic. You're welcome."https://twitter.com/#!/ > JEG2/status/83267057872932864 The real rational was the one given, by me, in the announcement. Forcing you to post from a place where you can be banned was a perk that may have sped up the process. > Shutting it down, instead of make an announcement "will shutdown in x > weeks, looking for new maintainer". No replacement is needed or desired. That's why I didn't call for one. You need to stop speaking for me, or I may need to consider legal retaliation. (This is a joke, unless your name is Ilias.) > And all this when I start to "get hands on the C-core". A serious > code- > level task. Read the above. Read the title of this thread. Feel free to laugh. Out loud. I did. A lot. James Edward Gray II P.S. I promise to stop poking the troll with sticks after this message.