Jim's been upfront about the problems, I'll certainly give him that. But having the entire site rest on the shoulders of one person is dangerous as hell. And it looks like that will continue for awhile yet. See these links for details:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/2948878/posts?page=130#130
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/2948878/posts?page=182#182
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/2948878/posts?page=201#201
And this is the scary part:
Well, I’m very sorry but for good reason John has security locked down tight on FR’s hardware and software. I do not even have access myself and I’m senior partner. Appreciate the offers very much, but I can tell you from experience that there’s no way he’s going to allow anyone into the secure environment.
wroye the same yesterday...you’ll notice my name is included in his response....that said...I gave em the name number and reason this ain;t workin from the IT folk....you see what was said......basically pound sand
You are so right CedarDave. Anyone in a business that believes they are ‘indispensible’ needs to be immediately involved in training their skills and passing on their job.
Otherwise, the business is under threat of collapse should something, ANYTHING happen to that person.
Even emotional and personal stresses. Which can also include boredom.