Re: irc -appleiigs

[spec@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector)]

In article guenter@student.uni-kl.de (Marvin) writes...

>Sheldon Simms (sheldon@atlcom.net) wrote:
>: In article <57k70e$lre@sun.rhrk.uni-kl.de>, guenter@student.uni-kl.de
>: (Marvin) wrote:
> 
>: > The #appleiigs channel is at /server irc.funet.fi, but I really can't
>: > recommend this one, as it is now captured by the former Apple II 
>: > programmers         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>: > elite with an outright hostile attitude towards newbies.
> 
>: Hehe, this is pretty funny. You make it sound like the channel was invaded
>: by some people who took it over, when in fact it's just the same people
>: who *founded* the channel.
> 
>People change sometimes. Mitchell Spector was one of the founders and he has
>admitted that the friendly atmosphere of #appleiigs has long ago been replaced
>with an arrogant "elite attitude".

    I don't think I quite qualify as a "founder" of IRC #appleIIgs, my 
presence on that channel only goes back some 4 or 5 years. It certainly
existed before I discovered it (at least, as far as I know). I didn't
use those exact words above, though I would agree it's not the same 
atmosphere as it was years ago. Then again, few of the original regulars 
are still there, and those that still are, no longer hold the same interest 
in the IIgs as they did years before. I still think most of the people who 
hang out there are a cool bunch, despite the changed atmosphere. :-) 

    The same is true of comp.sys.apple2. This group is very different from
the way I recall it back in early 1992. Things do change. Still, I almost
think nothing of the changes on #AppleIIgs compared with the change that
has happened on csa2 (they're virtually insignificant by comparison). If 
there should be any concern about getting something back on track, it should 
be comp.sys.apple2...

Mitchell Spector
spec@vax2.concordia.ca