Sorry but why such a shame ? This site is not as it used to be anymore and i know tons of people who doesn't visit vb.org anymore ( like me ) I seriously donot want that quality products will be released here and die slowly. I prefer another company purchase the rights of the scripts from Sam or wait him to solve the crisis matter at least 5-6 month. This site is not the old vb.org sorry to tell this but vb.org is dying eacy other day.
Dying every day? Is this another one of those members of an online forum who suddenly predict or talk of a site apocalypse? Seriously, I have seen this 'The site is dying and is falling apart' attitude too much before. Often also comes with leaving topics and threats of a mass exodus.
Oh, and most sites online are dead this time of year it seems. So what. Not an exclusive problem
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Originally Posted by Lizard King
It has nothing to do with money in my case. My important case is that there are not enough good coders here anymore. People only care about their release level , admin powers etc... As i stated this site is dying and i don't want Sam's quality mods die with vb.org. This is all my opinion you may feel that vb.org is in perfect condition and i respect that.
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Originally Posted by Lizard King
That is a very important sentence because it exactly show what is missing here. Community ...
Also I want to explain good coder : There are perfect coders still at vb.org but because of increasing number of support requests etc nobody wants to help anyone else. Most people care about their release level and lots of mods coding standarts are not good.
In vb 3 days my board was hacked to death now i only have couple small mods from here. Because when i check the code i really hesitate to install most of them.
If Sam will release the modifications here what may happen , we must concentrate on that. A un qualified coder will probably take the matter in his/her hands because this code will bring fame to him on vb.org and fame will return money via paid modifications forum. Gars is a really extensive product and it needs to be improved perfectly but our coder will not be able to do that. And soon or later the product will loose all the benefits it gives to users.
And why do you think an unqualified one may take it on rather than a qualified coder? Seriously, I have seen plenty of coders here release good modifications which seem well coded enough. I mean, for an example, have you honestly seen the vB Credits modifications? Seems well coded to me.
Besides, if someone bad did take it up, it's not as if it's the problem caused by releasing it here. Heck, a bad company could take up the mod and charge for it. What would you rather have, a badly coded modification you have to pay for or one you don't? Oh, and don't say there are not badly coded commercial modifications and software packages around, I know quite a few which are extremely poorly coded according to many, many people.
As for the general idea of releasing them here... It would be nice, but not urgent. I for one would only ever use the article system and the newsletter. Everything else seems like the stuff only relevant for a commercially run site.
08-24-2007, 12:46 PM
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