Apple was an engine of innovation from about 1976 to 1991 with overlapping breakthrough projects (1976-1983: Apple I/II) (1978-1985: Macintosh) (1986-1992: Powerbook). It then entered a period of decline, reaching a nadir in the mid-nineties.
On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 10:43 AM, Alvaro García <[email protected]> wrote: > Apple!? > > > -- > Alvaro > > On 14-01-2009, at 11:29, "The Cunctator" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > No, just profoundly sad that Wikipedia is in what seems to be an > > inexorable > > decline. But idea-based projects generally have about seven years of > > innovation before they lose steam (see SRI, Xerox PARC, GNU, Apple). > > Perhaps > > Wikipedia will enjoy a rebirth, but I expect its natural successor > > to emerge > > under a different umbrella. Fortunately, the important thing for > > posterity > > is that Wikipedia's core assets are under a free license. > > > > On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 9:07 AM, White Cat > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > >> You high or something? > >> - White Cat > >> > >> On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 3:36 PM, The Cunctator <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> Long live deletionism! > >>> > >>> On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 6:36 PM, Michel Vuijlsteke > >>> <[email protected] > >>>> wrote: > >>> > >>>> 2009/1/13 Carcharoth <[email protected]> > >>>> > >>>>> On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 12:38 PM, Michel Vuijlsteke < > >> [email protected] > >>>> > >>>>> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> <snip> > >>>>> > >>>>>> Anyone any idea where I could find the original AfD? It seems to > >> have > >>>>>> disappeared: > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>> > >> > http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Threshold_(online_game)&oldid=263769784<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Threshold_%28online_game%29&oldid=263769784> > >> < > http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Threshold_%28online_game%29&oldid=263769784 > >> > > >>> < > >>> > >> > http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Threshold_%28online_game%29&oldid=263769784 > >>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> The edit summary just says "oops". > >>>>> > >>>>> The deletion log helps in cases like this: > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>> > >> > http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&page=Wikipedia%3AArticles_for_deletion%2FThreshold_(online_game<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&page=Wikipedia%3AArticles_for_deletion%2FThreshold_%28online_game> > >> )< > http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&page=Wikipedia%3AArticles_for_deletion%2FThreshold_%28online_game%29 > >> > > >>> < > >>> > >> > http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&page=Wikipedia%3AArticles_for_deletion%2FThreshold_%28online_game%29 > >>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> "OTRS Courtesy blank" > >>>>> > >>>>> What probably happened is that someone who was unhappy with some > >>>>> of > >>>>> the things said in the heat of the moment e-mailed the Wikipedia > >>>>> OTRS > >>>>> service and asked for a courtesy deletion. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> The entire discussion needed to be deleted, apparently. The page > >>>> now > >>> reads > >>>> "The result was *delete*." with the rest of the deletion summary in > >> html > >>>> comment. > >>>> > >>>> I'm officially weirded out. :) > >>>> > >>>> Michel > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> WikiEN-l mailing list > >>>> [email protected] > >>>> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > >>>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> WikiEN-l mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > >>> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> WikiEN-l mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > WikiEN-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
