Pondini's Time Machine

Kappy wrote:

Or just move to 10.10, then 10.11, etc. 10.1 went up to 10.1.15 before moving to 10.2.

One would hope that the worlds greatest operating system would finally "go up to 11" by then 🙂

When the time comes, I'd like to offer what help I can with that site, whether it be financial, labor, or my expertise with Time Machine, limited though it is compared to Mr. Pond's.

I was about to contact his relatives about the domain expiration until I was told that it had been renewed. As you're ready in contact with the relatives, it probably makes sense for you to continue to be the contact as long as you're willing.

Regarding that person who wanted to buy pondini.org, I wonder what his plans for it were? I can imagine it having ads. I'm not sure what I think about that possibility.

Kappy wrote:

What puzzles me is if all future major versions will be free upgrades. Doing it more than once means it's a tradition. So far it's just a nice gesture.

I can't find a reference to it right now, but Tim Cook announced somewhere public (during the Oct 22 event, maybe?) that all future OS X upgrades would be free.

Back to the main part of this topic, I want to say again how shocked & saddened I was by the loss of Jim Pond. Like so many others, I never met him in person but only a month or so before he died we were emailing each other regularly about a simple Applescript I devised & he improved to check for the Time Machine bug he discovered in the OS X 10.8 version.

At that time, he gave me no indication that he was terminally ill. He bought a lengthy book about AppleScript for this & mentioned that he intended to study it at length in the future, so it is possible this was a sudden & unexpected illness. I hope this is true & he & his family were spared the suffering of a long & drawn out illness. If anyone on the planet deserved to be spared that, it was Jim -- as others have said, he was always willing to take the time to help so many of us with our Time Machine questions & problems; always a gentleman; always respectful of others.

Kappy: if it seems appropriate to you & you have the opportunity to mention it to Jim's son, please let him know that no matter what becomes of the site, we will forever be grateful for his help.

Has been done.

Thank you, William.

Thank you.

Kappy wrote:

We have two years to hear from Jim's heirs about how they will choose to dispose of the site. Apparently, there is at least one person who wanted to buy the site from Jim, but he turned them down.

When the time comes, I was able to find someone well known to the Mac community willing to re-host the site if it comes to that. Not the maintenance, so that would still be up to someone here.

RIP, Pondini. I just heard; I was perusing the site yet again, fearfully wondering why it was not being updated, and then saddened by the results from googling site:discussions.apple.com James Pond.

It's been a year; any news on the long term status of the site? Kappy? I'd also be happy to pitch in, like William Boyd, Jr.

As I said, I've located a well known member of the Apple community who is willing to host the site, if necessary, but never heard back from the estate.

We've had some discussions in other forums about finding somebody to update it, but have not heard of anybody stepping forward. I'm not at all sure there is anybody today that is up-to-date enough on the subject, so it would probably take someone quite a bit of effort to get up to speed.

Some good news on the pondini.org front. The domain name was renewed sometime in the last 10 days and now expires in November 2018.

Rather than someone taking over the site, perhaps someone can develop a companion site that refers back to pondini.org. Mr. Pond had a distinct writing style and method to impart knowledge, and leaving that intact is a nice legacy to his assistance to the Apple community.

Now the site is still "stepped out for a bit".

Hopeful for it to come back,

Lex

Does anybody knows what became of the site? It is still referenced on Google's first page, so musn't be too far out of its renewal period.

As Alcuria mentioned above, the registration with GoDaddy was updated on October 22, 2015 and now expires November 08, 2018, so renewal should not be the problem. James is still listed as Registrant, Admin and Technical contacts with what appears to still be a valid phone number in Clermont, FL.

Happy is the primary POC on this subject, so perhaps he will tell us more.

Domain renewal and hosting renewal are independant. I hope Happy will tell us soon.

this what it says now: