10 Year Rule

[Patrick Finnegan]

I was trying to stay out of this, hoping this thread would die by 
itself, but it didn't...

On Tuesday 29 August 2006 08:54, Hans Franke wrote:
> Am 29 Aug 2006 7:19 meinte Jay West:
> > Zane wrote....
> >
> > > When was the 10 year rule revoked?
> >
> > Apparently my many posts on this over the past few years were
> > missed. Ok, for your benefit, consider the revocation date 8/29/06.
>
> Now, hold the horses. Has there been something I missed?
> Like some putsch? So, who is the ruler that gave us the
> revocation of our basic rule, right today?

Jay, the our sovereign leader.  The guy that runs the list.  "For some 
reason," he believes that since he's running classiccmp now, he can 
control the way it runs.

Deal with it.  He's instead asking you to "use good judgement" in what's 
classic or not.  If you can't do that, well, I'm sorry, I can't help 
you with that.

> > > I'm pretty sure the 10 year definition dates back to the
> > > beginning, I know it was in place 3 months after the list was
> > > formed.
> >
> > When it was created has little bearing on when it was retired or
> > it's relevance today.
>
> Sounds like some people might think about the constitution.
> SCNR, but that rule is the very basic definition of this list.
> And it worked quite fine for a long time.

So did lots of things, and for a lot longer.  Doesn't mean that they're 
right, or the best way to do things.

> > > There are most definitely some *very* cool systems that are less
> > > than 10 years old.
> >
> > Sure there is. "Cool" doesn't necessarily mean on-topic though.
> > There's probably lists on the internet somewhere that they can be
> > discussed.
>
> Which is exatly what this list is ment to be. I strongly
> suggest that, if someone wants a differnent list, he or
> she should go ahead and open up such, but not try to
> fiddle with CC.

Or perhaps if you don't like progress, you should go create your own 
list? :)

Pat
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