Craven_de_Kere - 4:56 am on Nov 30, 2005 (gmt 0)

>to the poster asking why brett doesn't just add hardware, he's answered that several times, the bbs software isn't written for multiple servers yet, although he's working on it.

The bbs software does not need to be "written for multiple servers" to use multiple servers.

In fact, within this very thread at least one member has posted a perfectly viable way to scale laterally, even if the data is being stored in a flatfile system.

Thing is, this is not hugely relevant to what I am saying. Using flatfiles is part and parcel of the position Brett is in. It saves a lot of overhead over a db if used correctly but introduces other challenges.

Many here "get" the challenges, but would merely position themselves differently. What my point was is that I see situations in which I think Brett is saying that people who would merely approach the problem differently don't "get" the problem.

It was really just a semantic quibble I have, as in arguments (not saying there was argument here) it's a common tactic to write off disagreement as obtuseness.

No biggie.