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Subject: Re: [LIST-UPDATE] Question on Digest Mode
Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2006 07:27:51 +0000
Only somewhat.
Ancestry does provide financial support-
but just enough (IMHO) to maintain Rootsweb on life support;
they have no real interest in growing rootsweb's mailing lists or boards
except insofar as they can maintain connectability with Ancestry's boards, etc.
--
The Verminator
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Victor Markham" <>
> Was your reply meant to be tongue in cheek?
>
> Rootsweb is supported by Ancestry. I presume that means they provide
> financial support.
>
> Victor
>
> > Let's put it this way... how much (percentage wise) would the advertising
> > budgets for the other companies (Ancestry, etc.) need to be cut to cover
> > the cost of such an implementation...1 %, 2%?? <G>.
> >
> > Think of all the goodwill they could ALL earn if thay said they were
> > supporting rootsweb in an major equipment update!
> >
> > --
> > The Verminator
> >
> > -------------- Original message ----------------------
> > From:
> >>
> >> In a message dated 9/3/2006 1:12:10 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> >> writes:
> >>
> >> You simply buy x number of servers, copy the lists to the new servers,
> >> run
> >> mailman on the new servers, and on Day X you announce the entire new
> >> system
> >> with ALL the changes and all tools needed to cope with it. Easy!
> >>
> >> * Note to the humor challanged- the above IS humor!
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Yeah--I got the humor...but I guess the question is how much would the
> >> users
> >> be willing to pay for such an efficient system? Since RootsWeb is
> >> free,
> >> they do the best they can with what they have available to them.
> >>
> >> Joan
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