ORIGINAL: RCKen
I understand what everybody is saying here. But trust me, this is not change just to change. The current software that runs RCU is at it's limit and we can't upgrade it any longer. There are a lot of things that need to change wtih RCU, but many of them will never be seen by members because they are all on the operations side of RCU. Things that make RCU run need to be improved and we cannot do that without a major softward upgrade. However, with that being said, there are a lot of things the members will see that will be major improvements. The search engine is being fixed. Many say that they don't like the new look of RCU. If you look back to the last time RCU upgraded (to what we currently have) the same things were said, they didn't like the new look. It's just human nature to avoid changes. But trust me, Marc is listening to what is being said. He's considering whether to move forward with this or not.
Ken
I would like to make a suggestion. When you need to pull the system down is there a way we could get advance notice. "We will be down on 03/10/2009 from 1:00 AM to 4:00 AM Eastern Standard Time." My ISP went down for system maintenance with no notice and I was not happy. I would ask the same of them. I might have had an absolute need to be on line and with advance notice might have been able to make other arrangements. Computers to people are as important as electric, gas and telephone service. If I had a choice of losing my refrigerator or my computer it would be the fridge.
Just a thought. If you are going to make a great thing better have at it.
Regards,
Bill