DW back????

DW and I are, have been and will forseeably always be on good terms. As for any one who is currently a moderator, they are a moderator because they deserved and are to this day helping to keep the board in line, free of charge to all. As for anyone coming back, good..great...wonderful, but I won't let it degenerate into what it had become, ever again. I've just completed a month long process of converting and standardizing al of the pages on WinDrivers, it's thousands ofpages and it is all pretty much re-written. As for the slowness of the forms, I think I just fixed it, oddly enough, there were a few version of perl on the server and I had always overwritten them, I got the latest version today and decided to uninstall all the previous versions and perl which used to take up to 98% cpu utilization is now down to 2%. As for me, I'll be getting more noticeable and if the forum speed holds up, I'll start promoting it again, to get more people in. I've also cut the company forums down from 1100 forums to about 300 main ones and one catch all, so that should help matters. Well......enough for now.

DriverGuy, I wasn't on about the actual server speed of the forums in my previous post, but the amount of actual posts that are being made daily.

You must admit that since DW departed (and the rest) the post rate has dropped a lot, and instead of having pages that were all one date on last post it is now showing maybe a few forums showing double figures in the amount of replies made compared to what it used to be.

I will ask DW to email you to see if anything can be sorted out if he decides to reregister.

I know that you didn't mean forum speed, but that is a big part of it. As far as less posts, it's mainly only in the tech lounge, if people use the tech lounge and enjoy it, great, if not, this site is not about the lounge, it's about tech help, and as long as people are getting helped, that's all I really care about.

Personally I would love to see DW come back as well as the others who have left.

They were and still are a great source of information.

[quote]Originally posted by JWW:
<strong>DriverGuy, I wasn't on about the actual server speed of the forums in my previous post, but the amount of actual posts that are being made daily.

You must admit that since DW departed (and the rest) the post rate has dropped a lot, and instead of having pages that were all one date on last post it is now showing maybe a few forums showing double figures in the amount of replies made compared to what it used to be.

I will ask DW to email you to see if anything can be sorted out if he decides to reregister.</strong><hr></blockquote>

Agreed. I also found post rate slow down last few months being compared with what used to be before Darren's gone. May be,it's not connected with Darren, but it is fact. :confused: You're no more can get fast responce inspite of seems to increased number of registered members. Why? What's happened? Where is old Mayhem, Mustang, Thirdfey,and many other of cool techies? Man,I seriously worry about Windrivers forum's health :(

Without peoples like Darren,Cobra, and even...yes,JungleMan :D Windrivers can became boring forum like many other. And only extraordinary peoples are real and true assets on almost every forum,IMHO.

Another few negative things (may be for me only) I found recently. Windrivers forums really slow down in speed (this time I mean browsing speed),I constantly loosing connection with Windrivers (while another sites works fine).I have sent replies and some of my my replies were lost on the way to Windrivers. Had to rewrite my posts again from scratch. May it's just me,though. Sorry, just only my feelings.

And of course,I wish to see Darren again and again on these great forums. Cheers! ;)

[quote]Originally posted by JWW:
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Why not Steve?</strong><hr></blockquote>

Sorry, my message was nebulous. I only meant to say that I don't know Darren's e-mail address. Instead, I sounded like a creepazoid... :(

[quote]Originally posted by Spaceman Spiff:
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Sorry, my message was nebulous. I only meant to say that I don't know Darren's e-mail address. Instead, I sounded like a creepazoid... :( </strong><hr></blockquote>

Maybe you should edit that post, to make it a little more clear. It really looks like you are stepping out and opposing people coming back.

I know Darren, since my very first post here. I've said that before. During the two years Darren and I used to post here, I've seen him upset for a couple of times. He even said he was going to leave Windrivers and he wasn't just kidding. Then, he suddenly changed his mind and stayed. I'm pretty sure he won't come back in the near future because he would be already here without an invitation.

I mailed him today to tell him about this post and why not? Make him reply at least to this particular thread. To me, Darren is not a fellow-Mod, a good guy or an excellent Tech. Darren is a very good friend and I'm willing to keep it that way from my side. Nobody (including myself) will make him return, I'm afraid. I agree with Don. He will return only if he wants to return.

On the other hand, I don't think that someone or some of us made him leave. He left due to the circumstances.
Although he hasn't replied to my message yet, I believe he's alright and he has read this thread.

Oh.. and something else. Sowulo became a Mod because all the other Mods voted for him.
Another regular user who asked Scott to make him a Mod the same time with Sowulo didn't got accepted.
I don't know if Darren pushed for Sowulo to be made a Mod. The only thing I know is that EVERYBODY voted for him on the Mods Room. Sowulo does a terrific job!

Hey, JWW. Don't get me wrong. I'm not trying to be the smarta$$ here. It's just my point of view.

Lighten up guys. That's the best thing we can do right now.

That's it. I'm outta here!
I'm falling asleep...

Later. ;)

I havent been around much lately because of work and college but I still think that it would be great the have DW back, he was and always will be the WD king....sorry scott, you are prince WD

everyone knows my feeling .. ill stand with DW

[quote]Originally posted by Don:
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I just find it ridiculous that you think that we all have to pool our resources together just to get this guy back. Come on, give me a break!

Just one man's opinion...
Don</strong><hr></blockquote>

Agreed...

An important thing to keep in mind here is that there's no way that anyone would argue with having DW back. He knows that he is welcome here, and that everyone wants him back, but we can't force him. When he's ready to come back, he will. God's speed to ya Rocco.

When I discovered Windrivers, I found a wonderfull world of high level technical information and advises from the most skilled peoples in the world. (I mean than, its not butter)
Some like DW and others had a very strong presence by their skills, answers and friendliness.

I belive Windriver to be the best information / help source for our business. And I welcome anyone who wish to contribute in a positive way.

And yes, I miss Darren.


Dan

[quote]Originally posted by Ruslan:
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Agreed. I also found post rate slow down last few months being compared with what used to be before Darren's gone. May be,it's not connected with Darren, but it is fact. :confused: You're no more can get fast responce inspite of seems to increased number of registered members. Why? What's happened? Where is old Mayhem, Mustang, Thirdfey,and many other of cool techies? Man,I seriously worry about Windrivers forum's health :( </strong><hr></blockquote>

I'm still around, hovering in the shadows. My job and new found passion for motorcycles have kept me off the board. Computer Tech work is starting to bore me, or maybe its just the job. As for who's here and who's not here, I have to share of the "others" opinions. You're all free to come and go as you wish for whatever reason whether its timing, personal issues, lost account with ISP or whatever. Don't try to force someone back on windrivers for your own personal reasons, try to think of what they might be going through in their personal life. The real world can be quite a bitch when you're out on your own.

Ruslan, don't think that this second part has anything to do with you referring to me, the second part was aimed at other people.

Although he probably doesn't know me from Adam I to consider DW a friend like I do many of you... But everyone has a right to his views on things. If DW comes back, or some of the others mentioned too, then I say " Welcome back nice to hear from you again. " But I also want them to have their space and I'm sure all that have left, DW included have their reasons and I respect that.

GLSmith