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"It's their sandbox" -- yes that's true
Still, the building of that sandbox was significantly aided by the goodwill and talented contributions of forum contributors. Pelican now owns what is likely the largest repository of Porsche tutorials in the world. I wonder if those generous and prolific early contributors expected the new level of commercialism in the forum.
It seems to me that forum contributions have been offered on something of an "open source" basis. Enthusiasts giving free advice to other enthusiasts (or anyone else who might benefit). Going forward, is there any security that the advice of current contributors will be available on that basis? Does that raise a question as to whether the forum belongs on something other than a private server?
It's Pelican's sandbox, but I think any interference in the forum is bad business. Nothing said or recommended here is going to undermine Pelican. Shills for other vendors are annoying and ignored. Helpful references to speciality suppliers is, simply, helpful. Interfering with those is just Pelican being annoying. And in some cases, has probably caused forum members to start ignoring Pelican.
Food for thought.
Robert
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