Migration to NEW software & server

It all sounds great! I would be happy to try out/test the new forum when it gets to that stage (I visit the forum most days, but not always for very long).

I won't miss blogs or the business directory if they disappear. Some form of business directory would be good if it was gardening-related businesses recommended by forum members (with no connection other than being a customer) but I don't see how that could be enforced. Businesses posting their own details isn't helpful to me (there are plenty of places to find that kind of info).

A simpler forum structure would be great too. I hardly ever start a new thread but on those rare occasions I have sometimes been puzzled as to where to put it. I generally just go to "New Posts" to have a look what everyone's up to.

If the "similar threads" section at the bottom of the page disappeared, I think that would be a good thing. I'm sure that's one of the sources of "zombie" threads getting resurrected.

 

@pete You do have a suspicious mind. Actually it's not an unreasonable question. I was a member of a photographic site which was hugely popular and a large corporate bought it. Not long after that the internet really started to boom and lots of other sites appeared. Over a period of a few years certain core functions of the site mysteriously failed and the new owners weren't willing to invest in either resolving them or moving to another platform. Numbers using the site dwindled to the point where the owners pulled the plug completely. That had clearly been their intention. A bit like the GW Forum, we only had a couple of weeks notice of the shutdown.
Somewhat different scenario with slow pages, but certainly a good excuse to get their users to shift to wherever the owners wanted to push them.

 

Ancient? I remember when we moved over to this, and I'm almost sure there was another one before that.

 

@pete In the world of IT anything over 12 months old is ancient.

 

But no real reason for it not to work. There was another programme about the Voyager space mission recently. They said that the on board computers date from 1972, even though they flew in 1977. In spite of being subject to the harsh conditions of space, huge magnetic fields round Jupiter, high radiation in other areas, they still work. They stated that modern digital hearing aids have more computing power.
It goes without saying that they work directly in binary code, and not the modern bloatware that requires all this extra power.

 

You wait until Slartibartfast turns up on here and starts asking about Jubjub trees being eaten by Bandersnatches.

 

What amazes me about Voyager is that they are 16 billion miles away and we can still pick up the faint signal from them.
Yet how many of us heard our parents calling when playing or reading.

 

i learnt something, tis to hard for me to understand

 

Something has just come to mind

When the migration is complete, does that me we will all become Migrants

 

True, but they did point out that due to the vast distance and the fact that it runs on the same amount of power as a typical fridge light bulb, it takes 18 hours to send a message and another 18 hrs to get a response and we moan about slow pages.