-> The big problem we have is getting things started; it takes a few seconds
-> for an apache process to load up all the site code and answer the first
-> request.  The first time I tried running the new code in a production mode,
-> the load average went over 200 within a minute - and everything came to a
-> complete stop.  We've worked around that problem in various ways, but it
-> *would* be nice to find a way to make startup faster.

motion seconded.  Not sure how this could be done, mind you...

OT: I heard that lwn.net is going away.  Not so?

--titus