WHAT!?!?!!?!?!?!?!
this must be an April fool joke!
>>>>"in the end, no one can hear the difference between Shorten files made
directly from a DAT
and an MP3 someone made from their 6th-generation cassette recording, so we
should stop kidding ourselves."<<<

Well put me down as one who can tell the diffrence!

I read this and LMAO!!!!

 If this is not a Joke LOL well then I am unsubscribing for LIFE!!!!!

Peace,
Tim
WOB one show off my list! for one person! B&P style!
http://db.etree.org/twiley
----- Original Message -----
From: "Etree Server Team" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 1:54 PM
Subject: [etrade] Etree Abandons Shorten in Favor of MP3


> In a move sure to raise both applause and alarms throughout the online
> music trading community, etree.org has decided to abandon the lossless
> Shorten (.SHN) compressed audio format in favor of the more popular
> MP3 file.
>
> As reasons for the switch, the etree.org "Server Team" cited bandwidth
> considerations, the loss of a number of key "servers", and the relative
> obscurity of the Shorten format.
>
> "Who are we to stand in the way of progress?" replied server team
> member Jeff Kempka when asked about the switch.  "Shorten is
> confusing, the files are huge, and nobody can figure out how to login
> to our servers.  MP3 is the wave of the future," Kempka said.  Mike
> "The Big Nap" Wren, etree.org co-founder, added "in the end, no one
> can hear the difference between Shorten files made directly from a DAT
> and an MP3 someone made from their 6th-generation cassette recording,
> so we should stop kidding ourselves."
>
> According to a source familiar with the situation, the long-term plan
> is for etree.org to also abandon the current system of FTP servers and
> mailing lists in favor of the highly successful Napster distribution
> network and IRC-based "dcc bots".
>
> --The etree.org Server Team
>
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