Lately I have been wondering and concerned what might eventually happen to the VAST amount of knowledge that is contained within this forum.
I cringe at the thought that someday this forum might be unavailable.

Before that might ever happen I myself would love to be able to get a copy of all the posts contained here in some fashion. If we could somehow get a copy of what is here for offline searching that would be great.

There is a wealth of knowledge here and it would be a shame for it to go away.

I am ~57 and do not see myself ever going to any other platform for my projects that require a microcontroller.

I have often wondered why MElabs doesn't take a more active interest in this forum (possibly they do and I just don't realize it)
I know Darrell (RIP) was here often.
I have been over to the MElabs forum a few times but always find that the support and knowledge base here dwarfs what they have over there.

Hopefully this discussion is VERY premature and this forum will be around for many years to come.

others thoughts??
I have no intention of closing this forum or the ProtonBasic forum. Both will run for as long as i am able to keep them running.

If at any stage it looks as though I may not be able to support the forums, I will offer the community the opportunity to take total control and arrange alternate hosting.

Of course situations change, I cannot guarantee anything, but that is my current thinking and has been the commitment that I have made several times in the past.

The PICBASIC forum and the PROTON BASIC forum have been run and supported by Crownhill Associates for many years. Prior to the forum and web discussion formats Crownhill ran and supported the mailing lists. Crownhill have been supporting PICBASIC via an online support platform since 1996......there is no plan to cease.