Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2001 01:03:58 -0300 (ADT) From: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org> To: Charles Burns <burnscharlesn@hotmail.com> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Free web BBS software Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0104040103480.81918-100000@mobile.hub.org> In-Reply-To: <F116gStMVhEUsebmspH00000374@hotmail.com>
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hwo about openacs (www.openacs.org) ... ? On Tue, 3 Apr 2001, Charles Burns wrote: > Is there any good free BBS software out there? I have noticed that most > messageboards use Infopop's Ultimate Bulletin Board, which seems like a good > package but is several thousand dollars. O'Reilly's WebBoard is awful and > for some strange reason, available only for Windows (O'Reilly? Windows??) > and then there's one done in pure ASP that GameSpy uses, but with > Chilisoft's immaturity I wouldn't want to run that. (That and ASP under > Windows is flaky and unpredictable for some reason) > I was considering starting one up on SourceForge after spending a few months > getting good at PHP. > If I were to do this, what do the Unix gods here believe would be the best > language to do a BBS package in? PHP? Perl? I'd like to stick with one > language and would very much not like to use any Java. I would also like to > stick with interpreted languages because of the load time of compiled CGIs, > other than possibly for the search function which would likely just use > PostGreSQL or MySQL rather than internal stuff. (Fast search engines are a > pain... At least to me) > > Thanks ahead of time for input > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > Marc G. Fournier ICQ#7615664 IRC Nick: Scrappy Systems Administrator @ hub.org primary: scrappy@hub.org secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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