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The End

Posted: September 20th, 2019, 10:40 pm
by kerz
Well, the time has come unfortunately. I unfortunately no longer have time to keep the site running (as you may have noticed). I'll be moving the site into readonly mode, to prepare to archive it in the next little while, starting with the KB, then the Forums. It's been a pleasure serving you for the last 21 years, but all good things must come to an end. Special thanks to the moderators who have hung on for so long, and everyone else who continues to post and chat.

jason

Re: The End

Posted: September 20th, 2019, 11:32 pm
by Brummelchen
oh man, please dont. is there really no one willing to continue this server? selling it?

Re: The End

Posted: September 21st, 2019, 12:17 am
by Bac_a_sable
First: thank you for all years.
But, any alternative to shutdown?

Re: The End

Posted: September 21st, 2019, 12:32 am
by James
Oh wow .. Is it time or money or both?

hmm I guess the SUMO forums is going to get the traffic from here that is if people are willing to use a Firefox Account just to post on the SUMO site.
just

Edit: Tanstaafl butchered the original much longer The End thread in careless splits. I tried to restore the original thread from the multiple pieces he put it in but he kept making it worse in splitting off whole sections at a time over and over and ignored different measures taken to try and get him to stop but was too late. This short thread copy may seem out of place at times in sections due to the unnecessary chunks taken out. He should just stick to Thunderbird support since he admitted he did not know how to use the mod controls very well.

Re: The End

Posted: September 21st, 2019, 2:24 am
by veryslow
This sounds bad. Would be great to find some solution to at least keep the forums alive. Josa's daily build information is indispensable.

Re: The End

Posted: September 21st, 2019, 2:49 am
by malliz
James wrote:
hmm I guess the SUMO forums is going to get the traffic from here that is if people are willing to use a Firefox Account just to post on the SUMO site.
Count me out

Re: The End

Posted: September 21st, 2019, 3:51 am
by bob c
Thank You-I'm sad-I understand-Wish it wasn't so. Really been a good ride.

Re: The End

Posted: September 21st, 2019, 4:00 am
by TheVisitor
Sorry to hear this. Been fun/educational/ and a pleasure helping others along.

Guess I'll have to find a new hobby....

Re: The End

Posted: September 21st, 2019, 4:35 am
by LIMPET235
Oh no!
Please Jason.
If there's any way to keep the fora alive, we'd all really appreciate it.

Serving on here gives me the opportunity to assist, as best I can, anyone with a problem
PLUS, it keeps my old brain cells functioning.

I try my best for around 6 or 7 hours every night & don't know what I would do without mozillaZine
to stay active.

Thank you Jason.

Re: The End

Posted: September 21st, 2019, 5:04 am
by Frank Lion
kerz wrote:Well, the time has come unfortunately. I unfortunately no longer have time to keep the site running (as you may have noticed).
Hi Jason,

As the site is already hosted by OSL then why not just swing over to their Managed Hosting? - http://osuosl.org/services/hosting/details/

Mozilla forums

Posted: September 21st, 2019, 5:58 am
by grahamperrin
Thanks, and for people who may be unaware of this:

https://discourse.mozilla.org/

Re: Mozilla forums

Posted: September 21st, 2019, 6:11 am
by WaltS48
grahamperrin wrote:Thanks, and for people who may be unaware of this:

https://discourse.mozilla.org/
Discourse is not a support site.

Official support is at https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/

If you want unofficial, use the newsgroups, mailing lists or archive at Google Groups. Supported by volunteers just like mozillaZine. Firefox and Thunderbird groups are moderated.

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/forums/

Re: The End

Posted: September 21st, 2019, 8:53 am
by makaiguy
Well, the shoe has finally dropped ...

I certainly sympathize and understand, but still, what a blow. This has been a "home" to me for 17 years now, and in that time I've learned a lot and tried to pass it on by helping others as best I can. The official Moz support site just isn't the same. You will be missed, sorely.

Thanks for all the fish.

Image

Re: The End

Posted: September 21st, 2019, 11:00 am
by therube
:( .

Thank you for all you have done for the mozilla community :-).

Re: The End

Posted: September 21st, 2019, 11:10 am
by Lurtz
So long and thanks for all the fish :( Josas changelogs will be sorely missed.