April Fools bullshit no doubt. WOB B&P to first response http://db.etree.org/salgorf
s:) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Etree Server Team" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 12:54 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 > > _______________________________________________ > etree.org etrade mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe go to: http://mail.etree.org/mailman/listinfo/etrade > > Need help? Ask <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ etree.org etrade mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe go to: http://mail.etree.org/mailman/listinfo/etrade Need help? Ask <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
