---
title: "ALT.NET Purse Fights Blog"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2007/12/18/altnet-purse-fights-blog.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2007/12/18/altnet-purse-fights-blog.html"
published: "2007-12-18T02:22:58"
updated: "2007-12-18T02:22:58"
tags: ["altnet", "altnetconf"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "Yep. Weird name. This blog captures some of the egos and internal rumblings going on at the ALT.NET mailing list. I'm mostly a spectator these days but the blog is a great way to have a roundup that won't take you all…"
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
---

# ALT.NET Purse Fights Blog

By Roy Osherove December 18, 2007 In [altnet](https://osherove.com/blog/category/altnet), [altnetconf](https://osherove.com/blog/category/altnetconf)

**Historical article** · Originally published December 18, 2007; technical details may be outdated.

Yep. Weird name.

[This blog captures](http://altnetpursefight.blogspot.com/) some of the egos and internal rumblings going on at the [ALT.NET mailing list.](http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/altnetconf/) I'm mostly a spectator these days but the blog is a great way to have a roundup that won't take you all day to read and still be able to catch up on the list.

I think it's a good sign for a mailing list, when it has its own blog that details interesting stuff happening in it. The blog is anonymous which makes its author(s?) able to sound of pretty stingy (sometimes well deserved) remarks.

[Subscribed](http://altnetpursefight.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default).

**Update**: I just realized it would be the greatest twist in the history of twists if the writer behind this blog was [The Bellware himself](http://codebetter.com/blogs/scott.bellware/).  I wonder...

## More in altnet

[All posts in altnet](https://osherove.com/blog/category/altnet)

- Jan 3, 2008

    ### [About the ALT.NET mailing lists](https://osherove.com/blog/2008/1/3/about-the-altnet-mailing-lists.html)

- Dec 18, 2007

    ### [Basic Guidelines for using RowTest and data driven tests](https://osherove.com/blog/2007/12/18/basic-guidelines-for-using-rowtest-and-data-driven-tests.html)

- Nov 17, 2007

    ### [Mocking LINQ Queries, Extension methods and Anonymous Types](https://osherove.com/blog/2007/11/17/mocking-linq-queries-extension-methods-and-anonymous-types.html)

- Oct 26, 2007

    ### [My homework for the next year](https://osherove.com/blog/2007/10/26/my-homework-for-the-next-year.html)


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