Good news. The forum software license has been renewed for 6 months.

[AlamoVampire]

4 hours ago, The Aziz said:

So,  20-something days left until the unknown?

I think until the license holder or ip holder or both make a statement publicly its safe to believe in 26 days (including today) this forum will shut down. There is no reason until proven otherwise by aforementioned criteria to believe this forum will be functional by March 29-31, 2025. If we are going to be wrong let us be wrong expecting total shut down and getting more life. But make no mistake even IF the forum is allowed to exist post license it is still on a clock for shut down. How long can an unlicensed software item exist sans updates/maintenance before catastrophic systemic failure? 0826003022025

just noticed! New page! 083303022025

Edited 23 hours ago by AlamoVampire

[Lisias]

20 hours ago, AlamoVampire said:

How long can an unlicensed software item exist sans updates/maintenance before catastrophic systemic failure?

Well... I have an old rig running Windows XP, and it connects to the Internet, and nothing bad happens.

But I'm a professional on this field, and blocked this machine IP from connecting the WAN on the router, and so all connections are via proxy. 

Having proper support from the Vendor is usually a better idea, but it's possible to "survive" for years without it if you have in house expertise.