[Rob O. Zilla:]
>
> Well our old friend Steve Thomas posted this message in the WWA
> Forums (dated September 18, 2004)

[steve:]
> > Hello folks.
> >
> > I just wanted to give the few members that are still left formal
> > notice that we will be shutting down Xoron as we know it in the
> > next 30 days.
> >
> > I'll be creating a new site based on Wherewithal core technology,
> > but it will not be called Xoron, and it will work somewhat
> > differently (hence the decision to make a clean break with the
> > current database and start completely new). It is *possible* that
> > you may be able to leverage some of your previous work, and it is
> > *more likely* that we will allow you to at least view the old
> > data, but I can't make any promises yet.
> >
> > Stay tuned to Xoron to see what is next. I'll do my best to get
> > things going again.

The decision to shut down Xoron (rhymes with "moron") is long overdue, but I
find it hard to believe that a "new site based on Wherewithal core technology"
will take its place. I find it even harder to believe that Steve Thomas has
learned anything of value from this failure, or any of his previous failures.
What is much more likely is that Xoron will quietly shut down, and that Steve
Thomas will continue to operate the Wherewithal Web site as a Potemkin village,
without any content and without any clients.

Humbly Yours,

XODP Moderator netesq