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Message 20767 - Posted: 26 Feb 2006, 14:18:29 UTC

Ladies and Gentlemen,

The military has a axiom that you should never reinforce defeats. Looking back at my participation in the BOINC world I can only conclude that I have been doing just that.

So, it is time to cease. I had thought to explain the motivations that have brought me to this point but have decided that for the most part it would just be another wasted effort. Those that need to heed the words will see no need. And those that agree with them have no power. So, not much point in long explanations. But, in short, I find I can no longer be a part of a system such as I see today. Dissent is suppressed, good ideas are ignored or marginalized, valuable work is discarded, participants are abused; all this, and more.

It is said that for evil to triumph, all that is needed is for good people to do nothing. For a long time I have tried to combat the problems I have seen with virtually no success. In that nothing else I have tried has been effective I have but one last option and that is to cease supporting activities run by people I can no long trust.

With this in mind I have run all my computers out of work, removed BOINC and shut down the machines. However, I will be funding the BOINC Wiki site until the end of the quarter, 2006-03-31, at which point the site will vanish and the domain will become available.

For those that contributed, and those that used the Wiki, I am truly grateful.

If anyone wishes to preserve the Unofficial BOINC Wiki, I have a number of files that may be of interest:

http://boinc-doc.net/sites.zip My working files of the old site and the Wiki including the code development for the Google search (263M) {not really necessary, unless you like history}.
http://boinc-doc.net/log-files.zip the log file samples for adding messages along with my GREP tool (33.5M).
http://boinc-doc.net/misc.zip Just what it says... all the other stuff includes samples and snippets of material I had not gotten to yet (13.1M).
http://boinc-doc.net/BoincViewLogs.zip For those that might be interested in a data-set for analysis (5.8M).

http://boinc-doc.net/images.zip The images directory of the Wiki site with the image files needed (37M).
http://boinc-doc.net/db118605226.csv.zip Wiki database in a CSV dump (7.2M).
http://boinc-doc.net/db118605226.sql.zip WIki database in a SQL Insert dump (8M).

The explanation on how I implemented the Google search is here: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Google_Search

Paul
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Message 20777 - Posted: 26 Feb 2006, 20:55:39 UTC

Paul,

Thanks for the announcement, and for being around quite a while.

Guess everybody will at a certain moment say \'I have given enough\'

Liked the structure of the \'wiki\' though, compared with the chaos and repetition of the 3 climate forums.

Whereever you go next, Good Luck.
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Message 20782 - Posted: 27 Feb 2006, 2:28:38 UTC

Thanks for everything you have done, Paul. I got a lot of good out the Wiki and I\'ll miss seeing you around the forums.
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Message 20783 - Posted: 27 Feb 2006, 2:38:21 UTC

thanks for the effort Paul, I enjoyed the WIKI
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Message 20784 - Posted: 27 Feb 2006, 3:00:52 UTC
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Yes I to, got a lot out of the WIKI.

Thank you for your effort & dedication.

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Message 20786 - Posted: 27 Feb 2006, 5:19:45 UTC

Paul,

However the world may seem at the moment, please rest assured that you made a *significant* contribution to Distributed Computing. If that is not abundantly evident to the world at large already, more\'s the pity, and it\'s the world\'s loss. It will surely become so. Thank you for all your effort and for all it cost you, in terms of effort expended, in health, and in dollars.

I benefitted from your work before it went Wiki.

Hang in there, eh?

Best of all to you,
Jim
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Message 20792 - Posted: 27 Feb 2006, 8:14:22 UTC

Well sayd, Jim.

Many thanks, Paul.
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Message 20800 - Posted: 27 Feb 2006, 13:01:19 UTC
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Paul,

It\'s a sad day when someone who has been committed to making things easier for others decides that enough is enough. Those of us who have had some insight into the problems you\'ve experienced really appreciate everything you\'ve done under difficult circumstances.

You\'ll always have a warm welcome from your fellow participants here and I add my own small voice to the other powerless in wishing you well.
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Message 20807 - Posted: 27 Feb 2006, 17:55:04 UTC
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To all:

THE BOINC WIKI WILL CONTINUE!
BOINC WIKI
With negotiation between Rytis and I underway, we will bring you the BOINC WIKI, as long as we can sustain it.

In Paul\'s absence, I will endeavour to keep it running to keep the dream of all BONC Documentation together.

To Paul: Such a shame to see you go from this wonderful community, you will be missed.

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Message 20820 - Posted: 27 Feb 2006, 22:50:23 UTC

Yes well said Jim.

Best wishes to you Paul.
Visit BOINC WIKI for help

And join BOINC Synergy for all the news in one place.
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Message 20823 - Posted: 28 Feb 2006, 0:53:25 UTC

What more can I say, Paul. You know you have many friends.
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Message 21035 - Posted: 4 Mar 2006, 8:59:17 UTC - in response to Message 20823.  

Paul,

I have no insight into the reasons you are quitting. What I can see is the contribution you have made to the benefit of all and your commitment to improving BOINC and the BOINC community and strengthening both.

Thanks for all your contributions.
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