Here is a copy of some email I sent to BigDog. I thought I'd post it here as well, to see what others think.
Thanks,
Shaun
Hello,
I have just returned from a gathering of Melbourne (Australia) Hayabusa
owners. It was a fantastic experience to meet, chat and have all those
Hayabusa's ride together - it would have made an amazing sight!
The reason I am writing to you is that it became apparent just how much
information has been passed on through www.hayabusa.org. We probably would
not have even met if it weren't for this Web-site.
However, there were also at least a couple of owners who did not know about
the site, which brings me to the purpose of this message - It's obvious that
the banning of _all_ of Australia is hurting us.
There is a thread currently running in general forum asking how people found
the site, and by far the most common response is "by a search engine".
Unfortunately, for any Australians visiting the site, we are greeted with
a most unfriendly message that (unless you look very closely) resembles
your typical "dead/abandoned" web-site. At least an explanation page would
be nice!
I myself had no idea what was going on. I just thought you must be having
server troubles, but I persisted for week after week until Volvi kindly
pointed out what was going on.
I could go on and on, but this is long enough already. I strongly urge you
to consider removing this ban, and perhaps take other measures to prevent
people such as "Mr. Packer" ruining it for all of us.
I think all of Hayabusa.org will ultimately be the poorer from restricted
access, because it's losing the one thing that makes it so great - owners
discussing and contributing valuable information!
Thanks for reading this far, I look forward to your reply.
Shaun Fielder
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Shaun Fielder, X/Motif Software Engineer
Open Software Associates. PO Box 625, Box Hill VIC 3128, Australia.
Phone: +613 9895-2154, Fax: +613 9895-2020, email: shaun@osa.com.au
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Thanks,
Shaun
Hello,
I have just returned from a gathering of Melbourne (Australia) Hayabusa
owners. It was a fantastic experience to meet, chat and have all those
Hayabusa's ride together - it would have made an amazing sight!
The reason I am writing to you is that it became apparent just how much
information has been passed on through www.hayabusa.org. We probably would
not have even met if it weren't for this Web-site.
However, there were also at least a couple of owners who did not know about
the site, which brings me to the purpose of this message - It's obvious that
the banning of _all_ of Australia is hurting us.
There is a thread currently running in general forum asking how people found
the site, and by far the most common response is "by a search engine".
Unfortunately, for any Australians visiting the site, we are greeted with
a most unfriendly message that (unless you look very closely) resembles
your typical "dead/abandoned" web-site. At least an explanation page would
be nice!
I myself had no idea what was going on. I just thought you must be having
server troubles, but I persisted for week after week until Volvi kindly
pointed out what was going on.
I could go on and on, but this is long enough already. I strongly urge you
to consider removing this ban, and perhaps take other measures to prevent
people such as "Mr. Packer" ruining it for all of us.
I think all of Hayabusa.org will ultimately be the poorer from restricted
access, because it's losing the one thing that makes it so great - owners
discussing and contributing valuable information!
Thanks for reading this far, I look forward to your reply.
Shaun Fielder
--
Shaun Fielder, X/Motif Software Engineer
Open Software Associates. PO Box 625, Box Hill VIC 3128, Australia.
Phone: +613 9895-2154, Fax: +613 9895-2020, email: shaun@osa.com.au
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