Today I met the creator of this site

[sentinelace]

I met with a guy the other day that works for dell who said he created these forums back in the day and then sold it off later. The story I got was the community was mad when he first created this site. Any truth to this? I think his name is scott....but I can double check on that. Any thoughts? Pretty neat.

[haqking]

I met with a guy the other day that works for dell who said he created these forums back in the day and then sold it off later. The story I got was the community was mad when he first created this site. Any truth to this? I think his name is scott....but I can double check on that. Any thoughts? Pretty neat.

his name is Ryan troy and is still here on forums as Ubuntu Geek (http://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=1) and is staff.

Read here http://ubuntuforums.org/index.php?page=about

[arrrghhh]

I met with a guy the other day that works for dell who said he created these forums back in the day and then sold it off later. The story I got was the community was mad when he first created this site. Any truth to this? I think his name is scott....but I can double check on that. Any thoughts? Pretty neat.

Sounds like BS.

Besides, this is a support forum - please post this stuff in a more appropriate section, like the Forum Community Discussions (http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=175) in the future, thanks.

[sentinelace]

his name is Ryan troy and is still here on forums as Ubuntu Geek (http://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=1) and is staff.

Read here http://ubuntuforums.org/index.php?page=about

Does he work for dell?

[arrrghhh]

Does he work for dell?

](*,)

[haqking]

Does he work for dell?

LOL i dont know but his name isnt scott.

I gave you a link, he is staff on the forum, send him a PM and ask him...LOL

And what community was mad when he created the site ? there wasnt a community until this site, the first release of Ubuntu was Oct 2004 which is when this forum started.

[Vegan]

Before Ubuntu surfaced I used other distributions as well as FreeBSD which I have used lots before Linux surfaced

[haqking]

Before Ubuntu surfaced I used other distributions as well as FreeBSD which I have used lots before Linux surfaced

so did a lot of us, what has that got to do with the creator of this site ?

[arrrghhh]

so did a lot of us, what has that got to do with the creator of this site ?

Nothing. This thread also has nothing to do with Server support. Mods..? A little help? :p

[overdrank]

Moved to The Community Cafe

[arrrghhh]

Moved to The Community Cafe

Thank you!!

[beew]

I think he started another Ubuntu forum.

http://ubuntugeek.com/forum/index.php

[haqking]

I think he started another Ubuntu forum.

http://ubuntugeek.com/forum/index.php

Like i said above, he is still active here and is staff http://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=1

[beew]

Like i said above, he is still active here and is staff http://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=1
Being a staff member and being active are two different things. Since the guy found the forum I think it is natural that he would be on the councli whether he is active on not. I never remember seeing him posting since joining this forum last June. But he has very recent and relatively frequent activities on the forum I linked to.

I have been wonderng why he decided to create a new forum.

[CharlesA]

Being a staff member and being active are two different things. Since the guy found the forum I think it is natural that he would be on the councli whether he is active on not. I never remember seeing him posting since joining this forum last June. But he has very recent and relatively frequent activities on the forum I linked to.

I have been wonderng why he decided to create a new forum.
Why does anyone do anything? Does it really matter what someone does in their personal time?

[beew]

Why does anyone do anything? Does it really matter what someone does in their personal time?
Did I say it does? What are you talking about? Matters or no, it is kind of curious that he abandoned this forum and created his own again.

[CharlesA]

Did I say it does? What are you talking about? Matters or no, it is kind of curious that he abandoned this forum and created his own again.
*sigh*

Just because you haven't seen him post, doesn't mean that he has "abandoned" this forum.

[Bandit]

*sigh*

Just because you haven't seen him post, doesn't mean that he has "abandoned" this forum.

This.. LOL

There is a lot more to helping maintain forums then just "posting".. :D

[haqking]

Last activity was a week ago, this to me means still active.

Cheers

[satanselbow]

Isn't this just dissolving into cyber stalking?

Show yourself 'Geek and put us all out of our misery! :popcorn:

[s.fox]

This.. LOL

There is a lot more to helping maintain forums then just "posting".. :D

Most of what I do goes largely unseen by the forum communuity as it is behind the scenes.

[haqking]

Isn't this just dissolving into cyber stalking?

Show yourself 'Geek and put us all out of our misery! :popcorn:

it dissolved after post #4 ;-)

[KiwiNZ]

Thread closed

[ubuntu-geek]

That is 100% accurate I met with Jason a few weeks back. I started the Ubuntu Forums in 2004 and transferred ownership to canonical in 2007. I work for Dell :)

I'm not as active on the forums as I used to be for various reasons. But check out the history here..

http://ubuntuforums.org/index.php?page=about

BTW, the ubuntugeek.com website is not me ..