[Compcomm] The Next Step

[Mike Dransfield]

Mike Dransfield wrote:
> CyberOrg wrote:
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>> On 4/18/07, Will Farrington <kalmwave at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>     
>>> There _are_ more than enough reasons for doing so.
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>>> The ONLY factor that should affect this decision is the quality of the
>>> software and to what degree it will serve the community's needs. And for
>>> those requirements, vBulletin is the best choice.
>>>
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>> To recap:
>>
>> 1. We are running Community web services not commercial services
>> 2. Please list out why we cannot use open source alternatives (DO NOT
>> list features we can happily live without, i.e., updates/patches)
>> 3. Free alternatives have been and are serving communities need of
>> compiz, beryl and countless other projects
>> 4. vBulletin is the best choice - saying so doesn't make it so, best
>> choice is the one that reflects project's nature and alliance.
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>>     
>
> Could you arrange for a poll somewhere, I think this decision really
> should be made by the community.
>
> How long should we give it?  2 weeks enough?
>   

For the benefit of non-brits.  That was actually sarcasm.

Yeah I know its the lowest form of wit, but the whole 'project' is
becoming a joke anyway.

Whilst you are doing the polls though, you should get the new
name one up ASAP to give people time to make up their mind.

Just think of 3-4 names, anything will do and then we all get to
decide.

It should be given at least 4 weeks so that everyone gets a chance
to argue their case and then we can make a shortlist.



>> Point number 2 and 3 are very important when making decision so please
>> do try to overlook those.
>>
>> And please do not play down the role of morality here, i wouldn't give
>> up my morality in this aspect (support for OSS) for some piece of
>> commercial software I can live without.
>>
>> We should perhaps start another thread with topic "Forum software" I
>> am not going to sit quite when someone picks a software saying there
>> are no good OSS alternatives that we found useful.
>>
>> -J
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