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Re: LUGNET's code [was: Random thought of the day]
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Tue, 19 Jul 2005 10:07:09 GMT
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Suz wrote:

<SNIP big tech history>

If someone were to come along and swiftly "re-build" LUGNET message boards
using commonly available CMS tools, the forums' history of posts would
probably be saved okay, and new posting would continue, but NNTP service
would no longer be supported and the web UI would be less elegant.
(....I'm sorry to say that setting up and using a system like phpBB here
would be like trying to make a pizza in an EZ-bake oven.)
That's what you meant, right Jan-Albert? ;-)

Exactly, there are enough sites like that out there, to me it's the NNTP
that made it unique.
As for Dan's reply, I think he's spot on in several things. However it seems
certain pieces of what he lists are already in place. I know there was a
dev server built after the server fund raising.... if only my Perl skills
weren't so pathetic :(
--
Jan-Albert van Ree   | http://www.vanree.net/brickpiles/



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  Re: LUGNET's code [was: Random thought of the day]
 
In lugnet.admin.general, Jan-Albert van Ree wrote: [...] (...) Welllll.... I'm sorry to say that this didn't finish setup. The servers are there, but a few weeks ago they were to receive an upgrade to the new BU Linux, and I told MattM to hold off (...) (19 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.admin.general)  

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(...) yes. this touches on what I meant. And let me say, NNTP and the e-mail lists are extremely important to me. Todd was teaching himself Perl as he created LUGNET. This is what I'd call "personal project driven learning." Anyone who's done this (...) (19 years ago, 19-Jul-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)

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