Forum/Bulletin Board Recommendations?

[Doran L. Barton]

Kimball Larsen wrote:
> I'm looking for a good forum style thingie to set up, and would like  to 
> know what everyone recommends.
> 
> So far, I've poked into:
> PHPBB[1]
> VBulletin[2]
> KBoard[3]
> 
> I'm not really sure what my requirements are, other than that I would  
> prefer it to be written in PHP and use MySQL, but I'm open to other  
> options.  

Of course, I recommend using Perl and PostgreSQL before using PHP and MySQL. 
I mean, Gosh!

But, recently we had a client who had phpBB and was concerned that it was 
RIDDLED with security issues. We did some research and recommended:

	http://www.simplemachines.org/


-- 
fozz at iodynamics.com is Doran L. Barton, president, Iodynamics LLC
Iodynamics: Linux solutions - Web development - Business connectivity
  "We're Intellect Cultivation and Sensitivity"
     -- Seen on a pencilcase in Japan