Re: [Evolution] Discourse and the situation for Mailman lists hosted by Gnome.org

[Ralf Mardorf <silver bullet zoho com>]

On Sun, 2022-10-23 at 13:13 +0100, Pete Biggs wrote:
> On Sun, 2022-10-23 at 13:45 +0200, Ralf Mardorf via evolution-list
> wrote:
> > On Sun, 2022-10-23 at 12:31 +0100, Pete Biggs wrote:
> > > The PTB would all say that this is not abrupt.
> >       ^^^
> >       Pass the bong :D
> >
> > What is PTB for?
>
> The "Powers That Be". Usually reserved for faceless people who make
> decisions for what they perceive to be the best interests of other
> people.
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_powers_that_be#:~:text=In%20idiomatic%20English%2C%20%22the%20powers,rather%20than%20a%20subjunctive%20be.

Hi thank you,

the Wiki link leads to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmo3HFa2vjg ,a
nice example that fighting the power is possible. Not necessarily this
band, but a lot of bands from this genre are using one of the best
record players, that was discontinued by the company. After a petition
it's manufactured again, 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technics_SL-1200#Re-launch_petition .

Regards,
Ralf