[TANGO-L] But The Dance Lives On...

[Rick Barbarash <rbarbarash @YAHOO.COM>]

I wanted to share this with all of you cause it was pretty funny.  I was searching out regional tango yahoo groups to add to our database &  I came across this Yahoo Group called the Tango Database Web Connection with several hundred members.  It's description is "This is a meeting place for Tango Developers and Newbies to meet and learn more about Tango."  The welcoming message reads:
"We just need a public site to learn and share info about Tango. So lets get the word out and tell others about this site so we all can make great sites using Tango. So lets get in from the code and learn how to Tango."

So I joined it & started scanning the messages.  It was really confusing.  It started with brief messages on learning tango , then lots of computer stuff.  Then Milonga announcements, then some questions like setting up microsoft email for tango, then your typical workshop tango announcements, then more really technical computer software postings, then Tours to Buenos Aires and so on, back & forth...  I figured this was the Tango Computer Geeks webpage.  Then I came across this message and it all made sense...  enjoy.

From:    "Caroline Wise" <cwise  @i...>
Date:  Mon Mar 15, 2004  8:52 am
Subject:  RE: [Tango Database Web connection] real purpose of this yahoo group


Group,

I just wanted to let you all know that this group is not actually about Tango, the dance, but was started to support Tango Developers. Tango is the name of a scripting language for the Internet (thus the title of the group - Tango DATABASE WEB CONNECTION). However, it is pretty much obsolete at this point which can be witnessed by the fact that you dance
fans have been able to take over this forum without anyone objecting. I signed up with this group because I had to learn Tango and was looking for help but (obviously) this was the wrong place and I'm kind of tired of getting invitations to workshops that I am not able to attend, so I'm going to unsubscribe.

By all means, have fun with Tango, but maybe you ought to consider changing the title and description of the group at yahoogroups.com (you can actually see an image of the Tango 2000 package there).

Good luck,

Caroline

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Well, maybe Caroline should have given tango (the dance) a chance.  Seems like the software Tango was sold and it's future is in question.  I hope she finds what she is looking for...  but the dance lives on!

Rick Barbarash,

Saint Louis

FYI: the website is:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tangodatabasewebconnection/





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