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Dean C · #1 12-27-2005, 05:42 PM

Just an idea to throw out there. I doubt I'll have time to be part of it other than to offer my alternative to vBseo due to my personal commitments, but it'd be nice to see the community (that used to be here, anyway) participate.

I'm not a fan of paid vBulletin modifications. I will have been part of this community for 4 years, starting january. When I came here people shared their work for free, and didn't ask for anything in return. I'm not saying that's wrong or right but I know there's people in this community who agree with me entirely when I say that commercial ventures have destroyed this communities spirit.

So how can we change this? One word... competition

An open-source, community driven, alternative to the paid modifications. Bigger projects will require more coders, but even a gallery to rival photopost or vBa gallery will only take a team of 2-3 coders a few weeks to replicate in their spare time.

What do you guys think?

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