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Late in 1998, The HTML Goodies Discussion Groups went up. The purpose of the groups was two-fold. First was to give HTML newbies and those in the know a method of getting together to ask and answer questions. The second was to free up some of my time. I would literally sit and answer email for two hours at a pop. I was burning out, let me tell you.
The discussion groups were created with my new favorite method of creating difficult programming. We paid someone to do it. The groups are PERL CGI driven and work in a "real-time" mode in that as soon as you post, you can refresh and your post or response shows up.
As could be expected, the moment my groups went up, people began writing and posting regarding how they could get their own discussion group. My pat answer that you pay someone to do it for you didn't go over very well.
I actually tried contracting some PERL artists here at school to do the work. There were no takers. Apparently this was a project they all looked at and thought would take too much of their time. The problem was that now I needed one for a class. So I went searching...
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