Posted: 2/10/2008 6:44:02 PM EDT
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Everything evolves. Sometimes to the point of self extinction. Other times, something bigger and better comes along. Darwinism. Will the owners get tired of it, and sell it? Will they retire and pull the plug? Or will the Government step in and try to regulate it? Will Cerberus buy it? It has been here more than 10 years, which is an eternity for internet forums. I'm very impressed with how well this website is run. Cudos to Ed and everyone involved.  Can it last another decade? Considering how much the internet has changed from 10 years ago, I can't imagine what we will see in the next 10 years. |
Hell, back during World War II, this site used to be called www.m1garand.com. This site is older than Al Gore. 
| With the number of dedicated, diehard users we have (many of which who panick when the site goes down for only 5 minutes), I can't ever see it going away. Things will no doubt change at some point. The focus of the forum may switch from AR rifles to something else eventually (the next service rifle if we are lucky enough to still be able to buy a civilian copy then). But I think it will remain around in some similar form for quite a while. |
It'll be around as long as laws permit, as long as there is money with which to run the site and as long as the Avilas choose to keep it running. It really comes down to that. The interest in civilian versions of military weapons has been with humanity for hundreds of years and sure isn't going to go anywhere anytime soon. |
 That was good. I think the site will be around as long as it is profitable. That will most likely be quite some time (barring any large-scale disasters or wars). |
Just imagine the old-time threads !
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Yeah, but they'll rewrite the book. |
You young whipper-snappers dont remember it before the board was re-done and everyones posts were returned to zero........the FIRST time. Why back in the day it was called 1903 . com and we were constantly at odds with the Krag lovin die-hards and the Mauser boys were screaming "RIP-OFF" everytime ya turned around.......Ol Woody Wilson claimin HE was the one who started the internet. Teddy Roosevelt posted here once in awhile and usually got into trouble when the mods would get tired of his racist African Safari threads or Irish immigrant jokes. And that dang Groucho.......his antics were legend...HELL ..you couldnt click on a link without getting "Tommy Dorsey Rolled"!...too bad the search stops at the Pearl Harbor bombing.....12-7 was a busy day here indeed....epic threads abound. |