Happy New Year

Ashraf January 1, 2012 57

As much as I would like to type up a witty New Year’s greeting, I feel the best thing to say right now is: Thank you. Thank you for all the support each and every one of you have provided over the past year, despite the ups and downs. dotTech wouldn’t be here without all you loyal dotTechies.

Being just over three years old now, I predict 2012 will be make or break for dotTech. 2012 will either see dotTech flourish into a tech bahamut (and in the process allowing me to make dotTech my day job, which would be awesome) or it will flicker away into the digital abyss, remembered as the website that could.

Happy New Year everybody!

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Happily married to the most beautiful woman ever, Ashraf is the founder of dotTech. Ashraf spends insane hours on dotTech (usually writing articles but sometimes doing absolutely nothing except staring). Yes he is weird, but he is also very friendly.

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frank January 1, 2012 at 5:21 AM (comment permalink) -

Happy new year to you and mant thanks for your numerous useful articles and wise advice
keep up the nice work
thanks again and best wishes

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Iouri January 1, 2012 at 5:32 AM (comment permalink) -

Happy New Year to you Ashraf. I wish you all the best. Keep up with the good job!!!

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Cat January 1, 2012 at 5:47 AM (comment permalink) -

Happy New Year!! Thank you for a fantastic site!

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krb5210 January 1, 2012 at 5:57 AM (comment permalink) -

Happy New Year 2012 Ashraf. May the coming year be a great one for you. Many thanks for all your hard work in keeping the site up and going with some fabulous advice and offers.

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Thamza January 1, 2012 at 5:58 AM (comment permalink) -

Happy New Year Ashraf. Thanks for the amazing work you always do.

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Deirdre January 1, 2012 at 6:03 AM (comment permalink) -

Happy New Year Ashraf. I hope that 2012 makes Dottech and that it becomes a huge success. Your articles and advice are wonderful, as too are the great giveaways. Thank you.

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Donna Rae January 1, 2012 at 6:05 AM (comment permalink) -

Happy New Year. Thanks for all your help this last year. Hope your new year turns out great for you! You deserve it!

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Prema January 1, 2012 at 6:50 AM (comment permalink) -

holy crap, look at all the comments!!! Happy New Years to Ashraf, Locutus, Dottech, Dottechies, admins, newbs, geeks, anyone and everyone who visits and/or loves dottech :)

I have to say ashraf, of ALL the articles you have written, this is by far the most emotional i have ever read. with dottech going into the world beyond is well beyond all of us.
*tears tears*

So i think my first New Years resolution is to make sure Dottech lives on!!!

To Dottech, the greatest tech blog thingamajiggy ever!! ;)

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clockmendergb January 1, 2012 at 7:00 AM (comment permalink) -

Happy New Year Ashraf.
I have often contemplated the hours you must have put in to build Dottech into what it is today and the time you must still spend to maintain the high standards you strive for.
Thank you from some one who has and still does benefit from your efforts.

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Mun January 1, 2012 at 7:08 AM (comment permalink) -

Happy New Year, Ashraf, and Thank YOU!
I especially appreciate your verdict at the end of your reviews. They’re refreshing and helpful. Hope 2012 will be a GREAT year for you.
Cheers!

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smaragdus January 1, 2012 at 7:11 AM (comment permalink) -

Happy New Year, Ashraf! Much prosperity, luck and success!

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veronica1 January 1, 2012 at 7:12 AM (comment permalink) -

Happy New Year Ashraf. Thank you for all of your hard work that makes our lives that much richer. 2012 will be a great year for dottech.

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franklin verweij January 1, 2012 at 7:17 AM (comment permalink) -

Hi there Ashraf ! Happy, healthy and SOFT New 2012 !!! Thanks.

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Philippe January 1, 2012 at 7:18 AM (comment permalink) -

Bonne et heureuse année 2012. Et merci pour toutes les informations données.
Viel Glück zum neues Jahr.
Feliz año nuevo

Translation:

Happy new year from Florida and Switzerland.

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Adrian January 1, 2012 at 7:59 AM (comment permalink) -

Happy New Year to all =]

Hope it will be make and not break, of course LOL

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Col. Panek January 1, 2012 at 8:41 AM (comment permalink) -

Gelukkig niewjaar!

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John G January 1, 2012 at 8:43 AM (comment permalink) -

I truly wish you a year filled with peace, love and many successes. Many thanks for all you’ve done to make computing life for all of us much safer and easier.

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Kieranz January 1, 2012 at 9:11 AM (comment permalink) -

Happy New Year from Sunny ZAMBIA
To Ashraf, Locutus, Giovanni, and other regular writers.
And to ALL DotTechies and free grabbies and of course not forgetting our critics who keeps Ashraf N Co on their toes.
Also Ashraf; you will make DotTech your day job this 2012 – assured . Pls google Raj Khera graduation speech he did recently at Uni of Maryland for the dig.
KZ
PS/ Still on emails – no blackberry, ipad, iphone, galaxy, tablets, kindles, androids, martians but plenty ellies, leos, zebs, crocs – most welcome to stay with us if you are holidaying this way hopefully in the near future

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ebony January 1, 2012 at 9:13 AM (comment permalink) -

Happy New Year Ashraf.
A heart felt thank you for all you do. I have learned what to do as well as what NOT to do.
Dot tech is my go to tech site above all others and I do not want it to go away. So let us dot techies know what we can do to keep that from happening.

Look forward to the 2012 articles.

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Injeun January 1, 2012 at 9:27 AM (comment permalink) -

Whoa!…IF dotTech makes it thru 2012? How about some advertising or ask for donations. This is a great site. It (Ashraf?) has an honesty and technical sense about it that keeps people interested. This place is sorta like Consumer Reports….trustworthy. Thanks Asharaf and all others. Hope the year is good to you all.

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aqua January 1, 2012 at 9:31 AM (comment permalink) -

Happy new year to everyone….great site like this one lives forever

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Zapped Sparky January 1, 2012 at 9:46 AM (comment permalink) -

Happy New Year!

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Panama Patrick January 1, 2012 at 9:51 AM (comment permalink) -

Ashraf: Felice Ano Nuevo from Panama.
Wishing you much success in the New Year.

Panama Patrick

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Dacko January 1, 2012 at 11:15 AM (comment permalink) -

Happy New Year from the Croatian! :)
Sretna Nova godina! :)

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Gonzo January 1, 2012 at 11:30 AM (comment permalink) -

Thank you Ashraf, and happy new year to you too!!!
Keep up the great work you’re doing here! ^_^

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