[Building Sakai] Why do we still have the "mercury" site in Sakai's trunk

[David Ackerman]

+1, but I heard his Blackboard dealt forbids public singing.

On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 8:32 PM, Nate Angell <nangell at rsmart.com> wrote:

> +1, but only if Chuck sings Auld Lang Syne at the mercury site wake.
>
> = nate
>
> On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 5:26 PM, Aaron Zeckoski <azeckoski at unicon.net>wrote:
>
>> It is worth mentioning that mercury is not just a site. It is actually a
>> portal which was generally intended as a way to present a single site or to
>> make development easier or something to that effect.
>>
>> In general, it is probably not a good idea to develop in the mercury
>> portal since it doesn't translate all that well to the charon or neo or xsl
>> portals all that well (as I learned painfully many moons ago).
>>
>> I think killing it in all forms is probably fine as long as we have a
>> moment of silence and a montage of screenshots.
>> :-)
>> -AZ
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 8:07 PM, Steve Swinsburg <
>> steve.swinsburg at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I've proposed the mercury site be replaced with a normal demo site as
>>> part of the experience improvement:
>>> https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAK-22122
>>>
>>> I agree that whilst there might be some historical reason, its a legacy
>>> we can move on from. Every time I show Sakai to someone they say "Why is it
>>> called 'Mercury'?"
>>>
>>> cheers,
>>> S
>>>
>>>
>>> On 28/06/2012, at 5:47 AM, Nate Angell wrote:
>>>
>>> On that note: why is Pluto naked and speechless while Goofy is dressed
>>> and can talk? Is Pluto Mickey's warning to Goofy?
>>>
>>> = nate
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 12:45 PM, Aaron Zeckoski <azeckoski at unicon.net>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Unlike pluto, mercury (portal) was formed when the system (Sakai)
>>>> coalesced so I think the analogy is apt.
>>>> :-)
>>>> -AZ
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 3:40 PM, Matthew Jones <matthew at longsight.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I wonder if removing Mercury as a site would get people as angry and
>>>>> removing Pluto as a planet!
>>>>>
>>>>> *"When I was your age, Mercury was a site!"*
>>>>>
>>>>> [image: Inline image 1]
>>>>> http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2007/12/when-i-was-your/
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 3:34 PM, Kara Stiles <kstiles at unicon.net>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> There's some superstition that it's bad luck to get rid of it.  At
>>>>>> least, that's what I've been telling people for many years.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Bye now,
>>>>>> Kara
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>> From: "Mark J. Norton" <markjnorton at earthlink.net>
>>>>>> To: sakai-dev at collab.sakaiproject.org
>>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 3:15:07 PM
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Building Sakai] Why do we still have the "mercury" site
>>>>>> in Sakai's trunk
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Nostalgia?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 6/27/2012 2:16 PM, Charles Severance wrote:
>>>>>> > /Chuck
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