Server? Try 8 servers. Well 7 since we fried one. And each has a specific job. Jim has listed all this kind of stuff before. If you want to know what's being said, check the Bosses posting history for info. :-)
Everyone is edgy about this issue. You, DJ MacWoW, appear to be the most vocally defensive about these issues and also appear to have inside information. I don’t know anything about FR but what I read on the forum.
Underlying all of this anxiety is the matter of future incarnations of FreeRepublic.com. What happens when this current perl technology is completely outdated or breaks for the last time?
Does FR go away? Does Jim pull the plug on the whole thing? Does John ride off into the sunset? Is there an existing plan to rewrite FR in a more modern language? Should there be a volunteer task force to look into it? Or does Jim think it’s none of our damn business?
All most of us want in this matter is a responsible and visible roadmap to the future stable technology of FR.
Since we donate we feel this is an appropriate request. There’s nothing personal or anti-conservative about it.
To be frank, I just want it to work, like just about every other web site when I click on it. I could careless about the details. A fried Server is not even on my list of life concerns... Just saying...