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Re: How much to licence Lugnet technology?
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lugnet.admin.general
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Wed, 4 Jul 2001 14:46:22 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Alex Farlie writes:
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I know Todd had at one point thought that he might release the underlying
tech, but I suspect (speculate, guess, seem to recall, made up statements,
take your pick) that the code at this point is too customised to just be
plopped in place without any twiddling/customization, or ongoing
maintenance. He can confirm or deny that, of course, I'm just guessing.
If searchable forums/groups is what you want, look into UBB (Ultimate
Bulletin Board) from Infopop. http://www.infopop.com/
It's not the greatest (I can think of a lot of ways to improve it) but it
does the job and a lot of sites seem to use it. 200 bucks seems to be enough
for a license. It's been around in one form or another for 5 years or so, so
it's fairly well liked I guess.
Also consider the slashdot software.
http://www.slashdot.org/code.shtml
It's GPL so it's free but I think you need a Linux box to run it. (which
shows how much I dug into it, I could be all wet, who knows. Do your own
research)
Hope that helps. Those are two possible solutions out of a bajillion, I am sure.
++Lar
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| Hi, Whilst this is perhaps off-topic in relation to matters Lego, I felt here was the best place to post. My question is : Would the underlying techonolgy setup used for Lugnet be suitable for another (non-Lego) related disscussion server? How much (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jul-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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