I, for one, am quite happy to see Don "back in the FreY," as he said.

Posting and commenting, and generating interest is how to bring this forum back.

Is it worth Don's effort? What's in it for Don?

I don't know. But I sure hope Don, and others, see the benefit of priming the pump and helping bring this board back to viability.

It is kind of shocking that this board and WF cut their teeth at about the same time. Obviously, the difference is that the WF caters to the pursuit of the online dream, and all the connotations, good and bad, that entails.

SowPub, on the other hand, has always been about "real work." there wasn't much discussed here that held any promise of "just set it up and watch the money roll in."

There was no appeal to that "lazy man's way to wealth." No CPA offers, gimmicks or "miracle software" to help you hit the mother lode.

These ideas - Don's ideas, Dien's, Gordon's, Pete's, Randy's, Skip's - all involved scuffing up the shoe leather a little bit.

What fantastic ideas they were, though!