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A AceExplorer Grand Member (8 years) Deep in the Jacksonville Flori-duh jungle. Joined: Apr 03, 2008 Posts: 2566	A AceExplorer Posted posted on Fri, Oct 28, 2016 5:34 AM Good to know, Swanky. There will come a time when the changes to underlying technology will no longer be supported, and a migration will be required. Isn't Hanford employed as a developer or otherwise works in IT? In that case I'd take a guess that he's already thinking ahead. I'd also guess that the underlying database would allow both images and posts to be exported and re-loaded. Customizations, however, would need to be re-designed and re-coded. Having said all that, though, some of the "modern" forum systems I have seen out there are more clunky. Someone asked earlier about what would (or could) happen if this system just died. I would look to Archive.org to see how much of the TC system is duplicated there. Someone (with lots of time, skill, and patience) could "crawl" Archive.org and download whatever material they have, re-index it, and resurrect this body of work. Of course, deep down inside, I suspect that Hanford drinks lots of authentic Mai Tais, and doing so would make him immortal. So my speculation can simply be ignored since we can reasonably assume that he will live forever. Cheers! :drink:

Good to know, Swanky. There will come a time when the changes to underlying technology will no longer be supported, and a migration will be required. Isn't Hanford employed as a developer or otherwise works in IT? In that case I'd take a guess that he's already thinking ahead. I'd also guess that the underlying database would allow both images and posts to be exported and re-loaded. Customizations, however, would need to be re-designed and re-coded.

Having said all that, though, some of the "modern" forum systems I have seen out there are more clunky.

Someone asked earlier about what would (or could) happen if this system just died. I would look to Archive.org to see how much of the TC system is duplicated there. Someone (with lots of time, skill, and patience) could "crawl" Archive.org and download whatever material they have, re-index it, and resurrect this body of work. Of course, deep down inside, I suspect that Hanford drinks lots of authentic Mai Tais, and doing so would make him immortal. So my speculation can simply be ignored since we can reasonably assume that he will live forever.

Cheers! :drink:

Post #769759 by AceExplorer on Fri, Oct 28, 2016 5:34 AM