[Hx] Helix-L ending in February

[Gib Henry Gib@GibHenry.com]

The software that runs Helix-L, CommuniGate Pro, no longer supports the community version which currently runs this list, and I have not been able to find a comparable replacement.  Sadly, I will have to give up on running Helix-L.  

I think I can keep it running until the end of February, but at that point I will no longer be able to operate the list.  I would be happy to turn it over to someone who has the facilities to continue it, or perhaps Big Giant Donut will continue it as a mailing list or replace it with a forum.  Cheers,

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Gib Henry
List Administrator, Helix-L Discussion List
helix-l...@gibhenry.com

NOTE: The Helix-L mailing list is an independent discussion group composed of both professional and non-professional users of Helix, the icon-driven relational database system for Macintosh, in continuous development since 1984.  Helix-L is independent of Big Giant Donut, Inc., developers of Helix.  While BGD personnel may from time to time participate in discussions, postings from BGD personnel should be considered ex-officio; any formal requests for support should be directed to Big Giant Donut. The list administrator has no connection with Big Giant Donut, Inc.

[Michael S. Scaramella, Esq. MSS@ScaraHoof.com]

Gib,

Thanks to you for your years of service to the Helix community. The Helix List has been the foundation supporting the existence of the community.

Best regards,

Michael

On Jan 22, 2024, at 10:03 AM, Gib Henry G...@GibHenry.com <Hel...@gibhenry.com> wrote:

…Sadly, I will have to give up on running Helix-L.…

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[Wade Brezina wade@thewintrack.com]

Thank you Gib!!!

I think you did something really significant and I am grateful to have been part of such an amazing community. Sad to see it pass but to each their is a season...

Wade

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[Giorgio Becevel becevel@me.com]

Thanks again for your great support of the Helix community!

Molte grazie per il tuo grande supporto in tutti questi anni!

Giorgio Becevel

Firenze - Italy

[Anton Sommer as@sommer-equity.de]

Dear Gib,

I am sad to read about the end of "Helix-L“. I want to thank you for all the effort you invested in this project 

for so many years. I also hope not to loose contact to all the extremely valuable buddies contributing their

Experience and willingness to help the less experienced readers. Of course I strongly  hope this group has a future

(Together with BigGiantDonut).

Tony Sommer -Germany

[Roland Spitzbarth spitz@spitzbarth.com]

Like he said!

> Am 22.01.2024 um 21:04 schrieb Wade Brezina wa...@thewintrack.com <Hel...@gibhenry.com>:
>
> Thank you Gib!!!
>
> I think you did something really significant and I am grateful to have been part of such an amazing community. Sad to see it pass but to each their is a season...
>
>
>
> Wade
>

The world just got a little bit darker.
You all were like family and you, Gib, kept it together through rain and snow. Thank you!

Happy trails to all of the community!
Roland.
Zurich, Switzerland.
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[Ian Budd ian.budd@icbaudio.com]

It would be very simple to recreate this group on another platform like groups.io.  This group is probably small enough that there should be no charge to set it up and maintain it.

Thanks Gib, for having managed this for so long.

Regards,

Ian Budd

On Jan 22, 2024, at 10:03 AM, Gib Henry G...@GibHenry.com <Hel...@gibhenry.com> wrote:

The software that runs Helix-L, CommuniGate Pro, no longer supports the community version which currently runs this list, and I have not been able to find a comparable replacement.  Sadly, I will have to give up on running Helix-L.  

I think I can keep it running until the end of February, but at that point I will no longer be able to operate the list.  I would be happy to turn it over to someone who has the facilities to continue it, or perhaps Big Giant Donut will continue it as a mailing list or replace it with a forum.  Cheers,

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Gib Henry
List Administrator, Helix-L Discussion List
helix-l...@gibhenry.com

NOTE: The Helix-L mailing list is an independent discussion group composed of both professional and non-professional users of Helix, the icon-driven relational database system for Macintosh, in continuous development since 1984.  Helix-L is independent of Big Giant Donut, Inc., developers of Helix.  While BGD personnel may from time to time participate in discussions, postings from BGD personnel should be considered ex-officio; any formal requests for support should be directed to Big Giant Donut. The list administrator has no connection with Big Giant Donut, Inc.

Ian Budd

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[Steven F Finder sfinder@me.com]

Gib, 

Thanks for all you’ve done over the years. Even though I retired and retired my Helix collection this list is what made all of that possible. 

Steve

Steven Finder

On Jan 23, 2024, at 3:01 AM, Giorgio Becevel bec...@me.com <Hel...@gibhenry.com> wrote:

Thanks again for your great support of the Helix community!

Molte grazie per il tuo grande supporto in tutti questi anni!

Giorgio Becevel

Firenze - Italy

Il giorno 22 gen 2024, alle ore 16:03, Gib Henry G...@GibHenry.com <Hel...@gibhenry.com> ha scritto:

[Dominic Beddow newslettermfh@gmail.com]

Dear Ian and other,

Thanks first to Gib ... the group has helped me a lot over the last couple of years back with Helix, when I've become stuck / confused. 

It's been nice having another place to go to find an an answer, especially when the QSA resources were so patchy / labyrinthine. 

I would be happy to join a groups.io group 

groups.io seems to work well for two other groups I subscribe to - as diverse as travel writers for a particular publisher and Yanmar mini tractors.

It might serve as an interim solution – and a starting point when BD might set something up, involving new purchasers. 

I have not seen that many different names here .. I have no idea how many people currently subscribe to GIb's forum.

All best

Dominic

On Tue, Jan 23, 2024 at 10:40 PM Ian Budd ian....@icbaudio.com <Hel...@gibhenry.com> wrote:

It would be very simple to recreate this group on another platform like groups.io.  This group is probably small enough that there should be no charge to set it up and maintain it.

Thanks Gib, for having managed this for so long.

Regards,

Ian Budd

On Jan 22, 2024, at 10:03 AM, Gib Henry G...@GibHenry.com <Hel...@gibhenry.com> wrote:

The software that runs Helix-L, CommuniGate Pro, no longer supports the community version which currently runs this list, and I have not been able to find a comparable replacement.  Sadly, I will have to give up on running Helix-L.  

I think I can keep it running until the end of February, but at that point I will no longer be able to operate the list.  I would be happy to turn it over to someone who has the facilities to continue it, or perhaps Big Giant Donut will continue it as a mailing list or replace it with a forum.  Cheers,

---

Gib Henry
List Administrator, Helix-L Discussion List
helix-l...@gibhenry.com

NOTE: The Helix-L mailing list is an independent discussion group composed of both professional and non-professional users of Helix, the icon-driven relational database system for Macintosh, in continuous development since 1984.  Helix-L is independent of Big Giant Donut, Inc., developers of Helix.  While BGD personnel may from time to time participate in discussions, postings from BGD personnel should be considered ex-officio; any formal requests for support should be directed to Big Giant Donut. The list administrator has no connection with Big Giant Donut, Inc.

[Robert Stavis rob.stavis@cribnotes.com]

MANY THANKS TO GIB for maintaining this list and keeping the community alive for so long. As you’ve always said: CHEERS!!!

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Robert Stavis, PhD, MD

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[Steve Stoddart s.stoddart@rogcowines.com]

This list has been a lifeline for someone like myself who came late to the Helix game 22 years ago… Without it we would have likely moved on from Helix years ago and would likely be poorer and worse off for it. I’d happily support whatever new list replaces it.

Thanks to Gib.

Cheers,

Steve

On Feb 7, 2024, at 12:14 PM, Robert Stavis rob.s...@cribnotes.com <Hel...@gibhenry.com> wrote:

MANY THANKS TO GIB for maintaining this list and keeping the community alive for so long. As you’ve always said: CHEERS!!!

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Robert Stavis, PhD, MD

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