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I've always wondered... if the people who created this forum (Yourdon, greenspun...etc) were so interested in generating money off of Y2K, why didn't they go the obvious route of selling ad space on the forum? I mean, considering the amount of hits this place gets, they could make a pretty penny off of a few ads on the top, below the title bar. But they didn't. Hmmm..

-- Typhonblue (typhonblue@hotmail.com), October 22, 1999

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My gosh, maybe they have integrity. Do you think we can get them to run for office next November? If we have elections, that is.

-- Mara (MaraWayne@aol.com), October 22, 1999.

Actually it is a university funded research project in BBS systems development, based on Phil's book, and his techniques. All we are doing is stress testing the techniques and the methodology.

Chuck

AND BOY HOWDY are we STRESS TESTING them!!!!

-- Chuck, a night driver (rienzoo@en.com), October 23, 1999.


But Typhonblue is partly right. If Ed Yourdon was really interested in making money,he would have set up a site full of those terrible blinking banner ads.

-- Francesca (--@--.--), October 23, 1999.

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