by An Tarbh Dubh » Mon Jun 05, 2017 7:58 pm
Will the Pedlar wrote:Ignore them GLO. The software used on Peet's is quite ancient and would probably take far too much time to bring up to current spec. Even if it were possible.
I haven't totally wasted today - in spite of my best efforts. I shall certainly try much harder to waste this evening.
Will.
Yep, it's ancient all right! But a big part of the original reason for Peet & Bob (RIP) setting the place up was the imminent threat by the BBC to "update" their beloved in-house board software, with all it's cute quirks, to something a little more "standard" and slightly (just slightly) less antediluvian. The guiding principle is "never remove a feature that anyone is using", and "if you add or change something, let users choose whether they want to use it or not". There's nothing secret about that; it's on Peet's "blog" at the BBC:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thearchers/e ... 4753a99455
It would be possible to upgrade to, for example, the message-board software I use here: but, whoever did it, would really need to have a confirmed, valid, pre-paid ticket for an imminent interstellar departure, preferably to another galaxy! Even that probably wouldn't be enough, the Ghost of Bob would follow through hyperspace
[quote="Will the Pedlar"]Ignore them GLO. The software used on Peet's is quite ancient and would probably take far too much time to bring up to current spec. Even if it were possible.
I haven't totally wasted today - in spite of my best efforts. I shall certainly try much harder to waste this evening.
Will.[/quote]
Yep, it's ancient all right! But a big part of the original reason for Peet & Bob (RIP) setting the place up was the imminent threat by the BBC to "update" their beloved in-house board software, with all it's cute quirks, to something a little more "standard" and slightly (just slightly) less antediluvian. The guiding principle is "never remove a feature that anyone is using", and "if you add or change something, let users choose whether they want to use it or not". There's nothing secret about that; it's on Peet's "blog" at the BBC:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thearchers/entries/4c7a8868-c67c-3fde-9dfc-a94753a99455
It would be possible to upgrade to, for example, the message-board software I use here: but, whoever did it, would really need to have a confirmed, valid, pre-paid ticket for an imminent interstellar departure, preferably to another galaxy! Even that probably wouldn't be enough, the Ghost of Bob would follow through hyperspace ;-)