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Pastimes : The Death of Silicon Investor -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: (Bob) Zumbrunnen who wrote (715)	8/25/2002 10:18:47 PM
From: d:oug	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1003

Bob, On a skewer of "what if," my smorgasbord of questions. . Note: Below your post, and in CAPITAL text, my stuff. . Message #715 from (Bob) Zumbrunnen at Aug 25, 2002 ... I've got a pretty good idea of what I think SI is worth but won't say because if it ever goes up on the block, I intend to be a bidder... SOUNDS LIKE A WIN/WIN FOR ME AS I HOPE SI CONTINUES "AS IS" AND GETS BETTER IN THE YEARS AHEAD, OR IF THATS NOT IN THE CARDS, CONTINUES WITH YOU AS NEW OWNER AND HOPEFULLY IF POSSIBLE TO BRING BACK THE "OLD TEAM" THAT CREATED Silicon Investor MANY YEARS AGO, AND IF THE ORIGINAL FOLKS WHO CREATED Si ARE NOT AVAILABLE AS EMPLOYEES, THEN MOST LIKELY AS PAYED ADVISORS TO SEE THEIR CREATED GO BACK TO FULL GLORY. ALSO, ITS A GLASS 1/2 FULL & EMPTY BUT THE WORTH OF Si CAN INCREASE IF THE CURRENT MEMBERS ARE KNOWNED TO LIKE WHERE THE TRANSFER WILL BE, AS THEY WILL BOTH REMAIN AS PAYING MEMBERS, AND MEMBERS LOST WOULD RE-JOIN Si IF THEY LIKED THE NEW OWNERS. SO YES, IF YOU WERE KNOWNED AS THE BUYER OF Si THEN CURRENT OWNERS OF Si HAVE THE ABILITY TO INCREASE WHAT IT'S WORTH WOULD BE "TO YOU" VERSUS AN FOOLS OR RAGING BULL OR YAHOO. . [Silicon Investor] worth more to me because of the value I put on the community and history. . IF THE SEARCH ENGINE HERE ON Si WAS OF AN ADVANCED TYPE THAT COULD USE STRINGS FOR NAMES AND DATES THAT WOULD ALLOW VERY SPECIFIC SEARCHING, AND MAYBE EVEN HAVE THE ABILITY TO START A NEW SEARCH INTO THE RESULTS OF A SEARCH JUST DONE, THEN ACCESS TO Si's history OF ALL POSTS WOULD BE A VALUABLE TOOL FOR THOSE FEW FOLKS HERE THAT ARE KNOWNED AS THE BEST POSTERS THAT ARE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE FAR ABOVE THE REST. ... The way SI is written, though, it would take about 4 T1's and a decent sized server farm full of heavy-hitter machines. . I ALWAYS WONDERED THESE PAST YEARS ON Si WHEN PROBLEMS WITH GROWTH ARRIVED THAT Si TRIED TO KEEP Si RUNNING NON-STOP WHILE MAKING CHANGES. TO ME IT WAS LIKE A TRUCK THAT CARRIED A LIGHT LOAD IN THE START THAT THE SPRINGS & TIRES WERE FULLY RATED FOR, BUT AS THE LOAD INCREASED THE LIMITS WERE EXCEEDED AND RATHER THAN STOP THE TRUCK AND PUT UP ONTO A LIFT AND MAKE COMPLETE CHANGES, Si SEEMED TO KEEP THE TRUCK RUNNING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AS THEY TRIED TO CHANGE TIRES AND SUSPENSION WHILE THE TRUCK WAS IN MOTION OR THOSE FEW TIMES THAT IT RAN INTO THE GUTTER. SO I WONDER, IF YOU GOT Si FROM A 4SALE OF IT AND WAS ABLE TO TAKE DELIVERY AS A TRUCK THAT HAS BEEN STOPPED AND PLACED ON FLATBED AND DELIVERED TO YOU, WOULD YOU TAKE THE TIME TO TRANSFER THE POSTS ONE BY ONE INTO ANOTHER TYPE DATABASE OR WHATEVER IS USED TO STORE THESE POSTS? SEEMS THAT YOU AND MOST RECONIZE THAT THE POSTS ALREADY DONE IS REALLY Si, AND THE ABILITY TO POST AND COMMUNICATE IS JUST A LAYER OR INTERFACE THAT SITS BETWEEN THE POSTER AND THE STORAGE OF THE POST SO THAT READING AND SEARCHING CAN BE DONE. ... And to prove that I don't know it all, look at iVillage. . I NEVER BEEN THERE. WHY IS IT A SUCCESSFUL PLACE? DOES IT USE POP-UPS ADS? IS IT FREE OR PAY TO JOIN? IS IT A FRIENDY PLACE, OR IF TROUBLE MAKERS ARE THERE, HOW DO THEY POLICE IT? A JAIL THERE? . doug gotmilk at iHub