Fwd: Re: software purchase for web forums - Ros-general

30 Sep 2005

--- Mike Swanson &lt;mikeonthecomputer(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

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  Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 14:32:50 -0700
 From: Mike Swanson &lt;mikeonthecomputer(a)gmail.com&gt;
 To: steven_ed4153(a)yahoo.com
 Subject: Re: software purchase for web forums

 If you would, please forward this to ros-general since I don't find it
 compelling to subscribe only for this topic.

 I do not think that it would be appropriate for a free software
 project to use a proprietary Web forum. Instead, it should be in the
 best interest of the community to use a free software solution, such
 as PunBB or phpBB.

 What kind of message would we leave on the users if ReactOS, a free
 software project, uses a proprietary Web forum on the site? The said
 proprietary software currently is vBulletin, but this will hold true
 if you were to purchase Invision or some other proprietary "solution"

 On 9/29/05, Steven Edwards &lt;steven_ed4153(a)yahoo.com&gt; wrote:
  Hello,
 The web teams has requested that we purchase a software package to handle our forum
discussion  on
  the website. The purchase cost is $160

 http://www.vbulletin.com/

 We have about $90 in paypal donated for misc needs and this seems like a good buy if we
really
 need it. After our hack of the website this may be a good thing. I would like to have a
vote  up or
  down about the purchase. If the majority of the
project supports this then once we reach the
 required amount we will purchase.

 Please reply to me in private, the foundation or general lists only. Do not follow this
thread  on
  ros-dev.

 Thanks
 Steven

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