 Macmusic, The End Of The Adventure |
 Sat 7 Dec 2002, 03:17
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We may be spoiling your day with the news that has been spoiling ours for quite some time : MacMusic will most probably not be able to continue anymore. Attempts to finance it through advertisements have failed and plans are to close the site in February.
MacMusic in the past... MacMusic has been thriving for five years thanks to the ongoing dedication of Soif, its founder who was gradually joined by a group of enthusiastic volunteers, known as "the Team". MacMusic's success -10,000 visits per day - may be forcing the site to close down. The technical and practical means necessary to have a continually accessible and updated tool represent an investment that can no longer be supported, particularly financially speaking. Server, host, contents management, etc. all involve ever growing expenditures of money and time, that are no longer within the team's realm of possibility. Hopes for the future... Over the past few weeks, the team has been working on finding a solution that corresponds to the spirit of community underpinning YOUR site. We hope to work out within the next 10 days a proposition that we believe will retain the attention of all those who hope that MacMusic will not just become a good memory... In this regard we need to know: what do you think about it ? Your feedback is needed! The MacMusic Team -------------------- Soif, MacMusic Webmaster
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 Sat 14 Dec 2002, 20:21
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 Moderator In Chief (MIC) Group: Editors Posts: 15,189 Joined: 23-Dec 01 From: Paris - FR Member No.: 2,758 |
thanks Xingu, it's always good news for the team to know that we don't work for nothing. It happens that we help, gooooooooooood
 At this moment, the contribution of 60$ will be as a volontary contribution. All the forum will be open still. We think about other solutions (if the votes aren't good enough) but it'll be the less painfull and the more user friendly. People that like the site pay a fee (an annual music newspaper suscription), enough of them, and all the site is still free. If it can not be we'll have to think of other less "true spirit of the net" solution or close the site  And we have only 6 weeks to secure a solution up and running. I understand fully the people who think it's too much (from their wallet vue, I'm in the same situation so…) but a 30$ toll will need more than 1300 member, an even more difficult goal. We are still trying other tracks so that all the budget won't be supported by members but nothing is sure yet. And we can't survive of hopes only. All the major user driven sharing sites on the web are faced with the same problems (too much traffic, a server to pay for, bandwith etc) and an elegant solution, respectful of members not to simply disappear is not easy to find. If only we were all billionaires… 
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Soif Macmusic, The End Of The Adventure Sat 7 Dec 2002, 03:17
azusa RE: Macmusic, The End Of The Adventure Sat 7 Dec 2002, 03:42 Tone For the multitude of people considering adopting t... Sat 7 Dec 2002, 08:10 Doug Miner I am a teacher, musician and Mac enthusiust who ha... Sat 7 Dec 2002, 15:33 gogo This forum and site are so incredibly useful to so... Sat 7 Dec 2002, 20:03 danielfschroeder While I still have no Mac and am trying to learn h... Sat 7 Dec 2002, 20:52 ryosode Hm... I am probably not the first one to admit tha... Sat 7 Dec 2002, 22:00 Levon River No one else anywhere provides the kind of comprehe... Sun 8 Dec 2002, 07:53 lastmachine Soif, what specific type of input do you want? Fo... Mon 9 Dec 2002, 07:31 lastmachine Perhaps also talk to MacAddict; an article there c... Mon 9 Dec 2002, 07:40 lepetitmartien Thanks everyone (and the next people who will post... Mon 9 Dec 2002, 08:44 wonx Although in principle I don't like it, I for o... Mon 9 Dec 2002, 18:15 CircleTheA YOU NEED TO SET UP A PAYPAL AND HAVE A CAMPAIGN OV... Mon 9 Dec 2002, 18:16 holli Surely Apple-friendly manufacturers should be fall... Tue 10 Dec 2002, 01:12 Johnny Valium I agree with Holly in that music technology compan... Tue 10 Dec 2002, 13:11 Ionas I will not waste time listing all the wonderful as... Tue 10 Dec 2002, 14:38 ryosode >"What do you want MM to do to be alive an... Wed 11 Dec 2002, 03:40 Soif thansk all for your feedback and support.
Article... Wed 11 Dec 2002, 04:19 Soif We've just setup a poll to get a better idea o... Wed 11 Dec 2002, 16:27 lepetitmartien Well 3 voters representing a majority of members…... Thu 12 Dec 2002, 02:06 kaboombahchuck OK, I have voted!
I was wondering if there m... Thu 12 Dec 2002, 05:10 Johnny Valium Well, I have not voted. 60 Euros are too much... Thu 12 Dec 2002, 14:40 lepetitmartien We know that 60€/$ can be too much for some p... Thu 12 Dec 2002, 18:58 wonx I'd like to participate in the poll, but come ... Thu 12 Dec 2002, 22:41 bjkiwi I'm with wonx, I would contribute but $60... Fri 13 Dec 2002, 01:05 xingu Thanks, LPM, for the clarification. Even though i... Fri 13 Dec 2002, 02:18 jules fine, fine, your justifications sounds reasonable.... Wed 18 Dec 2002, 18:50 ambitiouslemon Hi Guys,
Put away your wallets!
I'm the... Wed 18 Dec 2002, 19:43 xingu Maybe disregard this - looks like ambitiouslemon w... Wed 18 Dec 2002, 19:44 lepetitmartien Sorry Xingu, but it's mandatory then
(always ... Thu 19 Dec 2002, 03:04 xingu I stand corrected. Sorry for acting like a know-i... Thu 19 Dec 2002, 04:06 lepetitmartien No arm done
(I can be a real smart ass when I wa... Thu 19 Dec 2002, 04:34 Brad Brighton We also would like to talk further to the MacMusic... Fri 20 Dec 2002, 22:44 Mark K I'm a recent visitor to MacMusic for the first... Thu 26 Dec 2002, 04:42 lepetitmartien Happy Near Yew everyone!
Latest news from th... Sat 4 Jan 2003, 01:30 Presto Just back - great idea! I'm working on a s... Tue 7 Jan 2003, 23:05 Rimmer I have been a regular contributor to the Hitsquad ... Mon 13 Jan 2003, 13:10 FUNKSTICK In reply to the End of MacMusic; NOOooooooooooo... Tue 14 Jan 2003, 07:04 FUNKSTICK Alright Already,
Before anybody gives me the ga... Tue 14 Jan 2003, 07:28 Presto Vive BatonFunk
Hey! Why don't you write ... Wed 15 Jan 2003, 13:48 Michael Christian please don't go!
M Sun 19 Jan 2003, 05:19 gidfiddler hey the other threads about making donations are c... Sun 19 Jan 2003, 12:30 lepetitmartien Thanks again everyone for your support. The secure... Mon 20 Jan 2003, 08:51
Soif we setup this solution:
http://www.macmusic.org/a... Wed 29 Jan 2003, 09:59 |
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