> > On Oct 10, 2011, at 10:38 PM, Ken Gunderson wrote: > >> On Mon, 2011-10-10 at 19:27 -0700, Alan Coopersmith wrote: >>> On 10/10/11 07:16 PM, Ken Gunderson wrote: >>>> On Mon, 2011-10-10 at 19:32 -0600, LinuxBSDos.com wrote: >>>>>> Hi All, >>>>>> >>>> [snip] >>>>> >>>>> The demo is still up at http://linuxbsdos.com/askopenindiana. If the >>>>> community does not want it, if the decision makers are against it, I >>>>> can >>>>> just take it down. It took less than 10 minutes to put it up, and >>>>> will >>>>> probably take less than that to take down. >>>> >>>> -1 >>> >>> That's not helpful, without giving any reason why. You're not going >>> to be >>> forced to use it, so why deprive others who would of the opportunity to >>> do so? >>> >>> If you asked a bunch of non-OpenSolaris/OpenIndiana users on whether >>> the >>> OI project should continue, and they all voted -1, would you want >>> people >>> to quit working on it? >>> >> >> I am referring to Vanilla forum package. So not to deprive anyone of >> anything. If OI wants to roll out a forum, I would look at other >> alternatives, the specifics of wh/I did not want to hijack OP's >> solicitation for feedback on vanilla demo to elaborate upon, lest this >> deteriorate further. >> >> The way to go about it, imho, is to survey the landscape and generate a >> short list. I don't think Vanilla should be on that list and have >> commented as to some of the reasons why elsewhere. But I think that's a >> topic for another thread. >> >> Peace :) >> >> -- >> Regards-- Ken Gunderson > > If you think it preferable to compare various options first, there's a > site http://www.forummatrix.org/ that seems to compare a bunch of forum > software (including Vanilla). Be aware that it lists commercial as well > as open source forum software. However, I used the "Choice Wizard" to > choose only open source forum packages, leaving everything else > unspecified; and it still gave me 48 hits. So, while I'm not familiar > enough with forum software overall to judge the site (having neither > surveyed nor set up any), it does at least seem to me to have information > about a reasonable selection, and multiple tools for making comparisons. >
Sites like that, and http://opensourcecms.com are good, but they do not prepare you for what the management interfaces are like. The thing I did, when I was evaluating forums apps for my site (http://linuxbsdos.com/forum) is to install them, that is, the best ones we all know, and play with the backend. What I found out is that phpbb, the oldest(?) of them all is a nightmare to administer. mybb, which I used for the linuxbsdos.com/forum, is even worse. I see some sites moving from phpbb and its derivatives to vBulletin, which is not free. If folks are willing to pay for a forum app, that should tell you something. Compared to the rest - and this is based on hands-on experience - Vanilla, both the frontend and backend, is a beauty. But I may be biased because I like stuff to be easy and fun to use. I'm more productive that way. For the record, the only affiliation I have with Vanilla, is the same affiliation I have with any other Free/Open Source software. I've stated this previously, but it does not hurt to repeat stuff like that. -- Fini D. http://LinuxBSDos.com _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
