30 Dec
2009
30 Dec
'09
2:02 a.m.
On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 10:50 PM, Seth Morabito <sethm at loomcom.com> wrote:
This is old news, but I only just found out about it
and I haven't seen it
mentioned here. Apparently back in August, the symbolics.com domain was sold to
a seedy looking investment company that's turned it into a blog about domain
squatting.
I guess it's kind of crazy to have an emotional attachment to a domain name,
but I have to admit I'm a little bummed about it. ?Symbolics.com was Symbolics
for as long as I've been aware of the Internet, even right up to the end when
it was just David Schmidt doing a bit of support and offering a handful of
spare parts. It's still around at symbolics-dks.com, but it's just not quite
the same, y'know? And what an ignominious ending...
I understand your feelings since I own a Symbolics (a 36xx machine)
and have both dealt with and met David Schmidt (he's an awesome guy,
by the way). My understanding is that the sale was necessary, a good
thing and helped close out some things. David is still around and
actively selling and supporting Symbolics machines (he regularly lists
stuff on EBay).
Mark