That's simply not true.
Jim and John Robinson have explained this.
They created the Free Republic code by hand, and it took an enormous amount of effort.
Since then, every effort has gone into maintaining the code. Changes like what's proposed are very laborious for them, and Jim Rob said they (at the time) didn't have time to do all of it.
Hmmmm...didn't know that. I know less than nothing about computers so I guess I shouldn't be surprised to hear this.Like I said in my original post..."if it's not difficult or expensive".