Posted on 01/11/2011 5:28:06 AM PST by paulycy
FYI -
Here are statements from Jim about the future of FreeRepublic.com for those who missed them. They are quite serious.
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"Well, I can say that there are definitely two things that will never happen. 1) Banner ads. 2) Oracle [a completely new database system.] And a third is a total replacement [of the current damaged system.] Don’t have the financial wherewithal."
"To those who wish to leave because of it, see ya."
"If FR dies, that’s that."
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[To: paulycy]
Hey, you want us to get an all new system with all new software and add a few more pricey techs, system programmers and database administrators to keep it all working 100% of the time 24/7/365? Well, start coughing up the big bucks.
It’s going to take tens of thousands of donations and many with at least three zeros each after the comma to accomplish the task. And that would be EVERY month like clock work to make the payroll. Once you take on a big load of expensive overhead, there’s no going back. As it is, we get a couple thousand donations per quarter averaging about $30 bucks each and there’s no guarantees we can cover this quarter’s expenses much less next quarter. We’re on a pay as we go system and we have zero employees.We just ask for enough to pay the bills.
Throwing more money at the problem won’t solve it. [This latest glitch] was a technical issue and we just had to keep troubleshooting until we found it. And no, we’re not going to invite a bunch of strangers in to get their hands on our secure systems. John has been programming since he was 14 and he’s pushing 40 now. He built these systems and he’s an expert in them.
And no, we are not going to throw out our software and rewrite it and no we’re not going to move on to some other database system. There are no guarantees that any other system can do a better job and not without hiring a staff to build and maintain it and that’s for sure. And we don’t have the financial wherewithal to do any of that anyway. Maybe if we had a couple million bucks at our disposal and a couple years to do it in we could build an iron-clad system. And maybe not.
All I can say is, if someone else can do it better and cheaper, then please step right on up and get ‘er done!! I’ll bow out and retire. Thankyouverymuch.
Hit it boys:
https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/
And no, we have no plans of taking FR commercial. I like it the way it is. Not sure I could handle getting rich.
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- Jim Robinson
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2653583/posts?page=168#168
But... isn’t Dangerfield... isn’t he gone?????
debate and criticism doesn’t equal hate.
You don't read much do you?
Both of these are under attack as never before in out nation!.... People are defending our countries foundations... in the Constitution and our Christian heritage.... If these go the USA has lost her nationhood and become something else.
If you want a soft sell site to visit then you are in the wrong place. This site tells it like it is....like it or not.. and I'd take 'truth' any day to story telling.
How about a bunch of us going back and deleting some of our links and FReepmail that we have been too lazy to cull?
Would that help at all?
I’m still never getting on a yacht with you. I don’t have a twin.
That is a very wise decision. Please don’t tell anyone I told you that.
HA! And you expect me to believe you didn’t drown Sidebar?
Deader n a doornail!
My lips are sealed! It's just between you and me.
Thanks.
Elsie is a Christian and loves Mormons. It's Mormonism that is to be hated because it is an abomination.
We’re fine, really. There is no imminent danger of FR failing. This thread got a little carried away when more got read into a post I made yesterday than I meant. Our software is fine, our hardware is fine, our staffing level is fine and our finances are fine. Thanks!
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Yup
But I see no point in lingering on a thread that has no future
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Oh sure, laugh, laugh all you want. It is likely Sidebar planted them. Sidebar is one smart Moderator. Just ask Jim Thompson.
Amen sister.
Yes as long as its per year not per quarter?
At least it’s a break from political ones. Some people are having fun, joking, laughing, living life, lol.
Yup, deader than a Sidebar ... oops ;)
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