[Meego-community] Meego Forum Software Choice

Tue Mar 9 00:59:24 CST 2010

Hi,

> Personally I have been administering phpBB forum for many years, never
> had any problems and found the phpBB3 release to be the most complete
> to date, easily matching vBulletin feature for feature. It also has a
> well supported community and many extensions exist.

Your point is reasonable. I commented about the licensing of vBulletin saying that I would also prioritize free software for our web services when that makes sense. Said that, I didn't push the topic hard since I would be of little use helping in any case and Reggie has shown an astonishing record administering and tweaking vBulletin for the Maemo community needs.

> Just to add that Drupal does also have an integration module for
> phpBB3, http://drupal.org/project/phpbbforum, that can provide single
> sign on and fully embed phpBB into Drupal.

At least the first hurdle is passed. Could someone summarize or link to a comparison between phpBB and vBulletin? What do we get extra for a vBulletin license? Any showstopper or clear weakness in phpBB?

PS: I have been using both systems as a user and moderator (phpBB about 10 years ago though - gosh!).

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Quim Gil + N900
open source advocate
Maemo Devices @ Nokia