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    Posted: February 09 2008 at 20:45
There has been no update on the site Vintageprog.com since 28 May last year. What has happened?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 10 2008 at 08:14
that's a shame.. nice site... nice reviews.. probably moved on... got married?.. died?.. discovered the power and symphonic glory of  Britany Spears?.. who knows...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 10 2008 at 08:21
This website is fantastic!! I discovered so many things thanks to this site!!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 10 2008 at 09:45
Originally posted by nicewriter nicewriter wrote:

There has been no update on the site Vintageprog.com since 28 May last year. What has happened?
 
having been recently trawling the net for festival info, one thing that has struck me are the sheer number of redundant, abandoned prog web sites there are, cluttering up the place...sites which looked promiseing, but never really got off the ground.
 
I suppose this is due to many of the sites only being administered by one or two people, and as Mickey so elegantly puts it, they just might have died....Ouch
 
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 10 2008 at 10:26
^ this site is also only administered by one person, at least from a technical standpoint. Come to think of it - I can't think of any prog website which actually has a team of technical administrators/owners.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 10 2008 at 10:37
Originally posted by MikeEnRegalia MikeEnRegalia wrote:

^ this site is also only administered by one person, at least from a technical standpoint. Come to think of it - I can't think of any prog website which actually has a team of technical administrators/owners.


Which begs the question....and I honestly am not trying to be morbid or insensitive, but lets face it, everything is possible...

If something did happen to our Max, is this site essentially finished at that moment?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 10 2008 at 10:41
^ a good question indeed. I guess that unless there is a business corporation behind a website, we can never be 100% sure that it will still be there tomorrow. But then again ... what really is certain in life?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 10 2008 at 10:53
Ronald was a co-founder, right?  Maybe the site would pass to Max's closest team members?
Sounds better than being passed to a Corporation. 

Here's hoping Max lives forever!!!  Thumbs%20Up
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 10 2008 at 11:14
Don't forget about graphix, the second webmaster of PA.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 10 2008 at 11:25
Sorry, I can't enlighten you any re the future security of PA. The admin team have no involvement at all in the commercial and technical aspects.
 
As a purely personal guess, I would have throught the site has some value, and could be sold as a going concern.
 
On the positive side, M@x is young and healthy!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 10 2008 at 11:43
Originally posted by Easy Livin Easy Livin wrote:

 
On the positive side, M@x is young and healthy!


And he has a son who can take over the 'business' .... Wink
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 10 2008 at 14:06
LOL didn't mean to turn this into the PA's succession thread... just noted that he might have passed on hahhaha
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 24 2008 at 13:49
UPDATE!!   Tommy is fine, and Vintageprog.com is too.  He is simply taking a break from writing and will return when he feels he is ready.  He thanked everyone for being concerned about him. 

Good news!! Thumbs%20Up
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 24 2008 at 18:06
excellent... looking forward to more of his reviews. 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 10 2008 at 10:48
UPDATE:

Tommy (Vintage Prog site guy) has announced that he will no longer be updating the site.  He does not say why, but does say he will leave the site up as a resource.  And a fine resource it is.  I love his willingness to be brutally frank when he doesn't like something.  And he always seems to find one line that really nails the essence of the album. 

Kudos to Tommy!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 10 2008 at 11:00
Originally posted by micky micky wrote:

got married?.. died?


What's the difference?  Wink
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 10 2008 at 11:19
^ the latter can't be reversed ... Wink
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 14 2008 at 16:41
Do the math. How much of his life has this guy spent lisstening to music ? Shocked Still it`s great to see he leaving it. It`s one of the few sites other than PA, DGMs Site, blazemonger.com ( GG s site ) and my email that I really bother with.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 09 2009 at 19:05
great site


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