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Old 10-09-2003, 01:53 PM   #1
BigNate
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vBulletin vs GPL alternative?


Hello all!

First - great site...I enjoy spending lots of time here

I had a question and I did a quick search and nothing popped out at me so forgive if this is a repeat question.

Just curious as to why you are running vBulletin as opposed to a completely GPL'd forum software alternative. Obviously this site is feature rich and I am sure you get your money's worth but as a haven of the restless GPLers of the world I would assume this site would choose server software with a GP license. Just a question, no offense intended.

I only ask b/c I set up a small forum with phpBB2 and it seemed so darn easy and I got to thinking so I took a look at the bottom of your site and then looked into vB.
 
Old 10-09-2003, 02:00 PM   #2
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When I started the site phpbb wasn't an option. At this time the effort needed to switch would be tremendous.

--jeremy
 
Old 10-09-2003, 02:04 PM   #3
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Yeah, you have to realize this site is over 3 years old now. Alot of those free forum software packages weren't available at that time, at least not as rich as vBulletin was.

But I'm sure Jeremy can pretty much say his for this site has been hacked so much with his own code, options, he could probably call it JeremyBulletin..
 
Old 10-09-2003, 02:06 PM   #4
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When I started the site phpbb wasn't an option. At this time the effort needed to switch would be tremendous.
Fair enough

And happy birthday!
 
  


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