Hi Stef, Daniel, Dave, Göran, Gary, and everybody,

First of all let me thank you all for being concerned about my well-being, I
am more alive and well than I have ever been for quite a while. I think the
year and a bit we passed was incredibly tough on most of us, maybe few lucky
ones managed to escape but overall everywhere from New York to Argentina was
tough. It seems the saying that goes "whatever that doesn't kill you makes
you stronger" is true. Even though the grim war clouds are still on us, I am
almost able to shake most of mine and very ready to be back in the game. I
have been waiting for this for more than a year.

During this period I have received several emails from the subscribers
and enthusiasts so embarrasingly encouraging and praising, It seems I do not
have the luxury of not continuing Squeak News, it simply must be continued,
and should at least repeat or enhance its standard, that is what this
community deserves.

In the last 6 months I have been steadily networking local people dragging
them from their chairs to set up a new and more powerful organization than
the fragile-one person dependent Squeak News. I just wanted to make sure
that when we continue there should be no gap or excuse to stop in the middle
again. We have almost completed this task and will go on air with the new
organization before the end of this month.

Stef, I don't have answers for some of your questions, I guess everyone will
judge by themselves on those issues. I would have preferred that you emailed
me personally to raise your concerns as other concerned people did, but
I guess styles of people are different. I still owe you thanks for your
initial encouragement and help.

> > > The SqueakNews website says it's coming back "better than ever" in
March,
> > > but that page was posted on September 14, 2002, and has not been
updated

Oh, that was because the date on the server was incorrect when the page was
posted. This is our new beefed up server in service only for a month now, so

that page is only about a month old.

Best,

Tansel


> In case Tansel is reading - Ditto.
>
> And I don't think there's anything preventing anyone from putting out a
> CD with editorial and other content commercially. It might be a better
> idea to pay-as-we-go per issue, but for quality as good, at a reasonable
> price, my money's still on the table.
>
> Daniel
>
> "David T. Lewis" <lewis at mail.msen.com> wrote:
> > On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 05:14:32AM -0500, Gary Fisher wrote:
> > > I've been wondering the same thing.
> > >
> > > The last news I recall from Tansel was that he was on military service
in
> > > Turkey but expected to have SN back in production by September of last
year.
> > > The SqueakNews website says it's coming back "better than ever" in
March,
> > > but that page was posted on September 14, 2002, and has not been
updated
> > > since.  Frankly, I'm far more concerned about Tansel's wellbeing than
about
> > > the subscription fee, but I'd love to see his excellent work and his
fine
> > > publication carry on.
> >
> > Nicely said!
> >
> > I hope that Tansel is doing well, and look forward to his future
contributions.
> > As for the past, I am very happy with the SqueakNews editions that I
received.
> > I consider it money very well spent regardless of what may happen in the
future.
> >
> > Tansel, thanks for your excellent work.
> >
> > Dave