Re: Alt.coffee is dead; long live alt.coffee (somewhere else)

Hey Marshal. Before you go I just poped back to this group (been
meaning to for a long time)to let you know that the Silvia I bought
from you a few years back is still going strong, Daily use with TLC.
Right along side the El Caffe Tranquillio by Cunill that this group
put me on to.  Thanks for past advice.



On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 22:43:55 -0500, Tex <Pearland@earthlink.net>
wrote:

>Moka Java <rtwatches@fishyahoo.com> wrote in
>news:672em2F2mphvkU1@mid.individual.net:
>>
>> a.c hasn't died, it just ain't what it used to be.  Actually, it never
>> really was what it used to be.  There were always squabbles and flames
>> and accusations, etc., that's part of the charm of usenet.  I think
>> some of us oldies have lost sight of that.  A few things happened,
>> Madeleine Page died, the internet grew and evolved, old friends picked
>> up new interests -- kids, careers, what have you -- and sailed off
>> into the www.  To those who rail on that the demise of a.c was caused
>> by this poster or that one, your view is myopic.  Some of the
>> detractors were and are worse than the alleged offenders.
>>
>> To answer your question, elsewhere for coffee info and chatter is
>> probably Home Barista, Coffeegeek and Greencoffee.coop
>>
>> R "whatever" TF
>
>A.C. is far from dead. But, at one time it ruled big time - way back in
>pre-www days when  usenet ruled simply because that's all there was. As a
>general interest forum it still dominates; even with the spam & bullying
>it's a great place to share ideas and pick the brains of some pretty good
>bean heads.
>
>Other forums have popped up; some are members only, moderated general
>interest groups like CG & HB which parallel a.c. as far as content is
>concerned, and some are narrow interest user groups like the Yahoo Gaggia &
>Bunn groups, the Google Brewtus group, and the various green coffee buyers
>coops.
>
>These forums have taken some trafic away from a.c., but I don't see that as
>a problem. There are only a few general interest groups to search for info
>(too bad some of them have such *sucky* search engines), and specific
>topics that are better covered in the dedicated subject users groups always
>get directed to the correct forum.
>
>Alt.coffee dying? Not yet - it's still an important cog in the coffee
>wheel. And if someone doesn't wish to participate in one group or the
>other, there's always a third or fouth option.
>
>alt.coffee - charting the courses of all other coffee forums!
>
>
>Robert (Tex) Harmon
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