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The death of SmartGroups.com

The death of SmartGroups.com

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Tomorrow, Smartgroups.com gets the plug pulled. Finished. Decommissioned. Dead.

"Why do you tell us this, what do we care?", you all ask.

(edit : you don't care at all, of course, but this is why I care.)

Well, my first real .com experience was as part of the small team building that site in late '99, which was eventually sold to Freeserve, when I exited. Plenty of the early development of RHP was done during that crazy dot com era of my life.

So, I just wanted to make this post as my entry in the smartgroups.com obituary, because without it, this site never would have existed, and who knows where I would be now.

Special mention to this guy too, I don't know him, he was after my time, but I enjoyed his Blog post :

http://instantbadger.blogspot.com/2006/11/alas-poor-smartgroups-i-knew-it-well.html

At least the news made The Reg :
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/02/orange_smartgroups_die/

-Russ

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My condolences sir.

Drink heavily and the pain will pass.

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May it rest in peace.

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Originally posted by Frank Burns
My condolences sir.

Drink heavily and the pain will pass.
Funnily enough, that is what is happening tomorrow night.

Meeting up with the old dev team for exactly that reason.

-Russ

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Originally posted by Russ
Funnily enough, that is what is happening tomorrow night.

Meeting up with the old dev team for exactly that reason.

-Russ
Have a great time and enjoy the memories.

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Originally posted by Russ
Tomorrow, Smartgroups.com gets the plug pulled. Finished. Decommissioned. Dead.

"Why do you tell us this, what do we care?", you all ask.

(edit : you don't care at all, of course, but this is why I care.)

Well, my first real .com experience was as part of the small team building that site in late '99, which was eventually sold to Freeserve, when I ex ...[text shortened]... ws made The Reg :
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/02/orange_smartgroups_die/

-Russ
Oh My God !!!!

A russ thread that never got 12 recs 😛


Originally posted by huckleberryhound
Oh My God !!!!

A russ thread that never got 12 recs 😛
I think we all used them up a few days ago.

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Originally posted by huckleberryhound
Oh My God !!!!

A russ thread that never got 12 recs 😛
There he got one of mine.

Sorry to see it go for you, bt enjoy the time with the old gang and the memories.

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Originally posted by Russ
Tomorrow, Smartgroups.com gets the plug pulled. Finished. Decommissioned. Dead.

"Why do you tell us this, what do we care?", you all ask.

(edit : you don't care at all, of course, but this is why I care.)

Well, my first real .com experience was as part of the small team building that site in late '99, which was eventually sold to Freeserve, when I ex ...[text shortened]... ws made The Reg :
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/02/orange_smartgroups_die/

-Russ
If it was the mother of this site, then I mourn with you.

Raise a glass for smartgroups.com.