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diff --git a/doc/RELEASE-SPEECH-1.2 b/doc/RELEASE-SPEECH-1.2 deleted file mode 100644 index ec7c48b4..00000000 --- a/doc/RELEASE-SPEECH-1.2 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,57 +0,0 @@ -BitlBee ... is Bitl -------------------- - -"I CAN HAS SPEEECH?" This is how Wilmer announced to me that he was going to do -another BitlBee release. I was as surprised as you are. I thought he had given -up on this whole releasing business. - -There is some humor in using a LOLcats reference to announce a new Bee -release. The last major BitlBee release (1.0) was done a long time before the -hype even begun. Between then and now we've celebrated BitlBee's fifth birthday -and had a handful of releases, but nothing big happened. As a user this lax -release planning worries me. What if this means that later releases will take -even longer? I don't think we should fear this. Let us explore why this release -took so long. - -Personally, I blame Google. - -There, I've said it. Google. The guys who are so big on "Do No Evil" and all -that jazz. They caused this release to be so late. Let me explain why. - -They made Wilmer an offer. Wilmer, being the sillily naive guy he is, couldn't -refuse. There were no decapitated horses involved, but he couldn't refuse -nonetheless. That's not a big problem of course. Lots of guys (and gals, sure) -work for Google. It wouldn't have become a problem if they hadn't shipped him of -to Ireland. That's where the trouble starts. - -Ireland. Home of the leprechauns. These rascals joined forces with aliens and -LOLcats to abduct Wilmer. The aliens had been trying for years to kidnap him, -but they were on his turf and his trusty sidekicks Jelmer and Maurits were there -to help him. All that changed when he moved to Ireland. - -But it wasn't just that Wilmer was all alone in some strange place. It was also -that the aliens had created the LOLcats and made an alliance with the -leprechauns--the real rulers of Ireland. Wilmer is cool, but he's not that -cool. So they abducted him for a few years. When he finally came back, he -regathered his mad coding skills and hacked a new release together. - -By now you're thinking, what has happened to Jelmer and Maurits? Well, they're -still here and they worked on the Bee while Wilmer was absent. But, like open -source, they are very Bitl--they're cool, but they're ready when they're -ready. - -Well, whatever you may think of my little theory, they did take forever to -launch this release. We're not mad at them, because it shows. They have -added some cool new features and made plenty of changes under the hood. Let me -give you a sneak preview of some of the new features: Jabber groupchats are -supported. Configuration files are stored encrypted. You can now use -ForkDaemon mode, which gives better stability over normal daemon mode, but -doesn't require inetd. Also, server owners can now use the /OPER command to -spy on their users. And--as I was specifically asked to mention--this is the -first stable release that supports plugins. That's some Bitl changes for ya. - -BitlBee is cool, but ready when it's ready. Very Bitl. - -Sjoerd. LOL. - -(LOLBee by Erik Bosman.) |