>>>>> "Mairu" == Mairu Gupta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Mairu> Hi everyone We are just considering to get the forum
Mairu> started, lets see if we can pull it off. We cannot do this
Mairu> without everyone's support. ALmost Everybody has had a say
Mairu> in the discussion, and most tend to agree that trying
Mairu> wouldnt do any harm. If it works, it's great, and if it
Mairu> doesn't, then as good.
Great.
Mairu> Till now, we have three main forums ?
Mairu> PhpBB, vbulletin, Invision Board.
Mairu> Out of which, vBulletin and Invision are fee-based. I
Mairu> suggest we can start from a free one, gauge the response,
Mairu> then move on to cost-based ends. What does everyone think ?
My *personal* take -- don't even think about a non-free package.
There are enough FLOSS forum packages available, of which I've seen
phpBB, it works, and it doesn't look to bad.
Mairu> PHPbb might be reasonably secure if somebody is good at PHP
Mairu> and plug in the holes. So far, we have "Manpreet Nehra"
Mairu> ready to volunteer and study the phpBB forum, and wants a
Mairu> week's time. I think he might as well begin.
Umm, PHP and secure in the same sentence? Think again :)
Anyhow, as so many people have suggested, just go ahead and do it,
we'll worry about the consequences later.
Regards,
-- Raju
Mairu> If there are any more suggestions/comments, lets add to
Mairu> this.
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