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Do you have problems, concerns or recommendations about the technical side of the Phoenix? Air them here. Compliments also welcome.
Jesse - Jul 07, 2004 8:57:05 am PDT #8010 of 10000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Gris - Jul 07, 2004 9:59:39 am PDT #8011 of 10000
Hey. New board.
Curiosity: Is there a historical reason we went with building our own message board system rather than using an out-of-the-box solution like vBulletin or phpBB?
I wasn't around then, I don't really know what went into the decision.
DXMachina - Jul 07, 2004 10:05:08 am PDT #8012 of 10000
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Because we had the tools and the talent.
Jon B. - Jul 07, 2004 10:09:23 am PDT #8013 of 10000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
And we wanted the look, feel, and features to be exactly what we wanted, not what others thought we wanted.
DXMachina - Jul 07, 2004 10:09:48 am PDT #8014 of 10000
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
The actual reason is that we wanted our own board, because it seemed at the time that all the free services were either folding or going pay, and we wanted to control our own destiny. We much didn't like any of the free packages that were available at the time, and ita and Gud and a few of the others just started thinking out loud.
Or what Jon said.
tommyrot - Jul 07, 2004 10:11:06 am PDT #8015 of 10000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Wasn't part of the reason the desire to replicate the, um, "No topics within threads" functionality of TableTalk? And that no free board software could easily do this?
Gris - Jul 07, 2004 10:14:22 am PDT #8016 of 10000
Hey. New board.
Okay. That's pretty cool. I just wonder if some of those packages have fewer CPU problems, so can run in high volume on a cheaper webhosting choice than dedicated server. But I guess that's all under the bridge now, and I should just stop worrying, especially since we seem to be heading in a more efficient direction.
I do actually think Phoenix is really cool. Frankly, I think that once it's completely done then the writers (ita, Gud, whoever else) should consider packaging it up and licensing it to others. For fun and profit. It's a neat style, I'd consider buying a license.
Jessica - Jul 07, 2004 10:17:09 am PDT #8017 of 10000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I have never participated in any high-volume online discussion board that didn't have its share of server issues.
tommyrot - Jul 07, 2004 10:20:40 am PDT #8018 of 10000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I have never participated in any high-volume online discussion board that didn't have its share of server issues.
I bet I could write an online discussion board in ASP for IIS, using ODBC to connect to an Access (or text file) back-end that would have lots and lots of server issues.
I mean, there's a shitload of ways to do it wrong.
DXMachina - Jul 07, 2004 10:45:43 am PDT #8019 of 10000
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
I mean, there's a shitload of ways to do it wrong.
Even the discussion boards built around top of the line commercial packages, like TableTalk, PeoplesForum, and WorldCrossing (which all use the same package), all had problems at one time or another. WX took months to work out their worst issues.