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To: Matt Brown who wrote (17984)	5/30/2003 10:16:52 AM
From: Justin C	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 32871

SI is going to rock once we get this database/code converted ... In SI's heyday of the late '90s, the things that seemed to make SI rock were the relative newness of message boards, a booming market, and an abundance of message-posters who were interesting, humorous, and civil writers. Is it realistic to expect that these things will return? The newness aspect can't be resurrected, a booming market isn't likely, and the return of the quality writers who've left SI or significantly reduced their postings is doubtful. And SI thrived despite there being no Ignore feature, Moderated boards, or Next 10 Messages feature, and having only the Classic format. So I wonder if it's realistic to think that just adding new bells and whistles will revitalize SI at this point.

To: Matt Brown who wrote (17984)	5/30/2003 12:15:52 PM
From: Jon Tara	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 32871

Matt, I'm not preventing Bob from proving himself. Prove away, Bob! The database and code are already in a form that can be manipulated easily. Just not by Bob. That's not a dig at Bob. There are lots of languages/systems I am equally unfamiliar with, including the two in question - GSP and Oracle. But unfamiliarity with a language is a poor reason for a large conversion effort. Moving a web site from a Unix platform to a Windows platform is particularly unadvisable, IMO. And I'm primarily a Windows developer! Anything I do with web sites, I do with Unix, despite my relative lack of familarity. I know it's going to cause me less trouble.