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 _______________________________________________ etree.org etrade mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe go to: http://mail.etree.org/mailman/listinfo/etrade Need help? Ask <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
