Kent OPC closing ....

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Member Since: August 2003 Posts: 3,586 Send Message	Linda G	Report	13 Nov 2006 12:20
	Just went onto the site and saw the following message........ DUE TO CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND MY CONTROL THIS WEBSITE WILL BE CLOSING IN THE NEAR FUTURE. SHOULD ANYONE WISH TO TAKE OVER THE RUNNING OF THE SITE, PLEASE CONTACT THE ADMINISTRATOR..................................... Linda
Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 0 Send Message	Steve	Report	14 Nov 2006 07:50
Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 0 Send Message	I have for some time had some concern the running of some of the OPC sites, they put all their eggs into one basket and have all details held on one site so if the person running it can no longer do so, it could potentially disappear. It is worrying that a lot of work is being done on historic records, but I suspect little planning is done about their continuing availability after the compiler loses internet access for any reason (such as death).