Posted by Loco Jones on 01/19/68 11:28

"Triffid" <spamme@microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:43445ecd@212.67.96.135...
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> To quote the actual last paragraph:
> 'Some extremists still wait for the second coming of WinMX
> and hope it will fulfill the great promise this network once had.'

Well spotted - I myself was a bit taken aback at the term "extremists".

> Slyck was Winmx's primary advocate in the Good Old Days, and
> is now sounding its death knell with barely a backward glance at the
> efforts from many quarters to keep it alive. The article has the tone
> of a guy dumped by his girlfriend and hopelessly asking 'WHY?'.

Perhaps Tom got tired of beating this particular drum, and has decided he's
written his next-to-last chapter on the subject? Although... sour grapes
can only yield a bitter whine.

- Loco -
(Now Playing: Savoy Truffle - Ella Fitzgerald)

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