--- Mike Swanson mikeonthecomputer@gmail.com wrote:
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 14:32:50 -0700 From: Mike Swanson mikeonthecomputer@gmail.com To: steven_ed4153@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 steven_ed4153@yahoo.com 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
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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