Welcome to the suggestion area

Undertoad · 01-13-2001, 12:36 PM

I imagine every vBulletin web-bbs winds up with a suggestion box, so here it is for this one.

adamzion · 01-17-2001, 01:15 PM

Is this software open-source? If so, do you have interest in hacking at it a bit?

Undertoad · 01-17-2001, 01:40 PM

It isn't truly open source as I had to (gulp) PAY for it, but it's open source in that it's distributed in source form. I have a great interest in hacking around with it. But the nice thing about this software is how remarkably modifiable it is without having to go to the source. All the headers, footers, colors, etc. are all modifiable from the administrative section.

MaggieL · 01-18-2001, 08:48 PM

Should we ask how much?

Undertoad · 01-18-2001, 09:45 PM

Go right ahead! It was $160, which I feel is worth every penny.

I think there's room for all sorts of models and licenses in the open source world. I wish everyone could make their mint on support and services and just leave the source entirely open. But this model is not half bad: paying a reasonable amount up front for software that is so obviously worth it, and then getting the source as a part of the deal.

If enough good software can't be produced on the strictly open model, this model at least keeps standards open. Plus, if the company who produced it dies, at least someone can support the software with the code.

jimhelm · 09-15-2013, 11:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

I imagine every vBulletin web-bbs winds up with a suggestion box, so here it is for this one.

The knees? How tall are you, Lamp?

Lamplighter · 09-15-2013, 11:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jimhelm

The knees? How tall are you, Lamp?

??? Has there been a mix up in threads ???

I was responding to the rims in this post

infinite monkey · 09-16-2013, 01:22 AM

Yeah. Um, what jim?

lumberjim · 09-16-2013, 06:39 AM

Weird. I never even opened this thread.

Lamplighter · 09-16-2013, 07:45 AM

Less than 10 posts in 12 years ... Dwellars are not a suggest-able lot.

Come on people, you're not trying hard enough.

Mortal Spectre · 09-17-2013, 06:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lamplighter

Less than 10 posts in 12 years ... Dwellars are not a suggest-able lot.

Come on people, you're not trying hard enough.

Ok then here's my suggestion: New members should have full access to the board immediately after registration. Most "spammers" are not human, but spambots, which are easily flush out at registration.

I'm guessing this post won't be visible until I am "approved."

Mortal Spectre · 09-17-2013, 06:45 PM

Oh, I wuz wrong, cuz there it is.

Mortal Spectre · 09-17-2013, 06:48 PM

Still can't post my profile pic. though.

Aliantha · 09-17-2013, 08:26 PM

Welcome to the cellar MS! I am sure the mods will be happy to solve your problems for you when they see your posts.

John Sellers · 09-19-2013, 01:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aliantha

Welcome to the cellar MS! I am sure the mods will be happy to solve your problems for you when they see your posts.

Unnecessary, becuz I am Mortal Spectre (just like I wuz Datalyss, and Drax).

01-17-2001, 01:15 PM	#2
adamzion Coronation Incarnate Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 97	Question Is this software open-source? If so, do you have interest in hacking at it a bit?

01-18-2001, 08:48 PM	#4
MaggieL in the Hour of Scampering Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Jeffersonville PA (15 mi NW of Philadelphia) Posts: 4,060	Should we ask how much? __________________ "Neither can his Mind be thought to be in Tune,whose words do jarre; nor his reason In frame, whose sentence is preposterous..."

09-16-2013, 06:39 AM	#9
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	Weird. I never even opened this thread. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

09-17-2013, 06:48 PM	#13
Mortal Spectre .... Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 5	Still can't post my profile pic. though. Last edited by Mortal Spectre; 09-17-2013 at 08:12 PM. Reason: Problem Solved.

09-17-2013, 08:26 PM	#14
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Welcome to the cellar MS! I am sure the mods will be happy to solve your problems for you when they see your posts. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

01-13-2001, 12:36 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I imagine every vBulletin web-bbs winds up with a suggestion box, so here it is for this one.

01-17-2001, 01:40 PM	#3
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	It isn't truly open source as I had to (gulp) PAY for it, but it's open source in that it's distributed in source form. I have a great interest in hacking around with it. But the nice thing about this software is how remarkably modifiable it is without having to go to the source. All the headers, footers, colors, etc. are all modifiable from the administrative section.

01-18-2001, 09:45 PM	#5
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Go right ahead! It was $160, which I feel is worth every penny. I think there's room for all sorts of models and licenses in the open source world. I wish everyone could make their mint on support and services and just leave the source entirely open. But this model is not half bad: paying a reasonable amount up front for software that is so obviously worth it, and then getting the source as a part of the deal. If enough good software can't be produced on the strictly open model, this model at least keeps standards open. Plus, if the company who produced it dies, at least someone can support the software with the code.

09-16-2013, 01:22 AM	#8
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Yeah. Um, what jim?

09-16-2013, 07:45 AM	#10
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	Less than 10 posts in 12 years ... Dwellars are not a suggest-able lot. Come on people, you're not trying hard enough.

09-17-2013, 06:45 PM	#12
Mortal Spectre .... Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 5	Oh, I wuz wrong, cuz there it is.

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