My memory is fuzzy here, but didn't ENWorld go through a period of "read only" mode during a system migration a while ago? That lasted a few days? Perhaps someone with the facts on that can give us some perspective.
I recently had to deal with a user in the UK who was outraged because my 180 person company's backup system takes the financial system offline, and sometimes runs into his working hours. He was explaining to me that where he used to work (Halliburton), that despite their worldwide operations they were able to keep the financial system up 24x7, and wanted to know why I couldn't do the same with my relatively simple financial system, which I run on completely depreciated hardware at minimum cost.
Of course, it has to do with where we spend our money. I've figured out what it would cost to accommodate this one user for the 2-3 hours of access he loses at month end. It's not worth it, and my management agrees.
To posit that WotC "isn't spending the budget in the right places" assumes that there isn't something much, much, better to be spending their money on. Perhaps this was the least expensive option, and the availability of the forums is not considered worth the cost of the measures it would require to keep them on line.
That said, it is still a little disappointing to me personally. I just posted it to make sure that the powers that be know that I am inconvenienced, for what it's worth.
I recently had to deal with a user in the UK who was outraged because my 180 person company's backup system takes the financial system offline, and sometimes runs into his working hours. He was explaining to me that where he used to work (Halliburton), that despite their worldwide operations they were able to keep the financial system up 24x7, and wanted to know why I couldn't do the same with my relatively simple financial system, which I run on completely depreciated hardware at minimum cost.
Of course, it has to do with where we spend our money. I've figured out what it would cost to accommodate this one user for the 2-3 hours of access he loses at month end. It's not worth it, and my management agrees.
To posit that WotC "isn't spending the budget in the right places" assumes that there isn't something much, much, better to be spending their money on. Perhaps this was the least expensive option, and the availability of the forums is not considered worth the cost of the measures it would require to keep them on line.
That said, it is still a little disappointing to me personally. I just posted it to make sure that the powers that be know that I am inconvenienced, for what it's worth.
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