WHO OWNS THIS FORUM, HOW DOES IT PAY FOR ITS SELF

HI FOLKS
i WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION ELIZABETH OWNED THIS FORUM AS A HOBBY OR SOMETHING

But was just informed she is just a wonderfully helpful member

does anyone know-

1. who bought the program for the forum , and who is this person

2. How the forum pays for it self

 

I'm curious too.
It's quite natural that people with a common goal (in this case keeping XP alive and kicking) gather together and join efforts to face the common problems.
Yet setting up and maintaining a forum costs dear money, and someone has to put it up front.
Who should we thank?

 

members/ IAN, he is the one I report spam postings to.

 

Why thank you Elizabeth for this information and for your excellent work, and thanks a lot Jan for keeping this forum alive!
Maybe due to my hardly earned ad-blindness I haven't spotted a single ad in here, which is definitely exceptional.
But I haven't even seen a "Donate" button, that would allow us users not just to contribute occasionally to your efforts, but also to confirm you that your work and dedication are appreciated. Not that I have any big money to spare (never met anyone who did), but still buying you a coffee or a beer every now and then would make me feel less of a parasite...

 

Forum programs are made to make money thru ads, Did he get a endowment

what pays the bills

who is Ian ????

 

go to members/IAN and ask him,

 

I had a friend who bought a sports forum and ran for his life when he saw how much work it was, this, XP being a sunset machine, makes one wonder what kind of labor of love he had in mind, I will invite him here.

I left Ian a message to visit here.

My friend really had to let go of his forum purchase, Can't remember the name but it was
no small amount of work.

 

Thanks Ian for the kind words and for the forum,

 

This is definitely the best resource I've seen for the finest OS Microsoft has produced in decades.

 

Thank you very much for your efforts in keeping this forum afloat, Ian! It is wonderful to have a resource like this for those who have enjoyed XP for 15+ years (like me) and those who have become frustrated with bloated modern versions of Windows & want to go back to the last truly great version. (Vista/7, to a lesser degree, are still good; 8 was when things really started to get bad.)

 

So, like your a rich humanitarian,
Gee thats so darn very pleasant,
guess your not from this planet, such humanitarianism is not the norm.

What do you do 9 - 5, if i may ask,
and why only 25 posts for this work you love so much,

Love and kisses
The Curious Pig

 

Chiron, you don't act like a normal rough house Sagittarius, your prodding is most gentle,

The Pig Has Left The Building
for a bar.

 

I'd second this. After wasting my money donating to that horrid bleepingcomputer (and their anti-XP attitude) it would be nice to support something actually worth supporting.

 

@Ian Is there a windows 2000 or Windows 98 forum?

 

There are still quite a few, as far as I know, who use Windows 2000. 98SE/ME's userbases are dwindling, mainly because the 9x series is long deprecated as far as usability for modern-day web browsing. Unless a miracle happens and a powerful browser emerges with technical capabilities similar to what Pale Moon still makes possible in XP, the number of people still using 98SE/ME will keep dwindling. Besides the fact that it just *works* (and works GREAT), that's one of the reasons I'm still using XP--it is fully capable for today's Internet.

 

What information???
no one has said anything that has substance so far,
you must be a Sagittarius , they are easily taken, I used to be a sag too,

then i stopped drugging my self with "Feel Good" suicidal optimism, cause it almost got me killed.

now every body pays real rent to be near me, or they get evicted, I wanna be buried in the cematary when i die, not a unmarked grave in the woods.

now i am no longer fatigued from being so dam afraid of myself ,
oh what a liberating experience I can trust my self not to kill my my self.
So few can make that claim, just read the papers,

being alone is lonely, BUT SAFE AS SAFE CAN BE, PLUS MY WALLET IS BIGGER.

gotta go feed the squirrels, have a good one.
PS I stole your thumb

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got a picture of something you have built

ps,,,,where can i get a job like that, i build stuff too,