Why make things so difficult?

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March 18, 2009
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Adobe, there are several GREAT forum packages out there that are well-established, well-supported, highly-configurable and well-liked by the community. Why re-invent the wheel creating new forum software? Use your resources to customize an existing package and moderate the forums. Take all the money you'll save and add headcount to the Lightroom team! (OK, I'm biased...)

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Anonymous

In the new forums, get up the display of all the forums there are. Frightening. This is no small thing. Also, there will a raft of consideration about the long term viability of the software and the company that produces it, quality of support and documentation, adherence to relevant standards, etc etc - all stuff which is the hidden part of the iceberg from we mere mortals who think this is an easy choice to make.

I get the impression that when you investigate possible contenders in depth, you come down to remarkably few choices.

John T Smith

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Somewhere (I don't have the link) someone (I think it was JC) posted that there are 600k forum members, with (I think) 400k messages last year

That is a pretty large "ship" in my book

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well, i know it scales... and erm... wait. wait! what are those black helicopters with the big red A on the side landing in my yard. no! no! get back! ge.....<Sssszzzzzt><cccrrrackkklle> ....[NO CARRIER]