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Feb 23, 2011

akadajet posted:

that and he acted like 3 months to write a replacement by himself was realistic.

what do you mean vbulletin had years of development work?

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Feb 23, 2011

Suspicious posted:

a triple A first person shooter only takes 8 months tops, so 3 for a forum should be plenty

he was basically done you know, just needed to add the right css and he was there!

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Feb 23, 2011

i too will write a replacement forum, how hard can it be?
its just a few tables, i could knock that up in asp.net and ef in a week, brb

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Feb 23, 2011

The Management posted:

people seriously underestimate how much work and cost it is to write and maintain software. giving a big wad of cash to a third party is often a much better solution.

my estimate is that a complete, from scratch forum solution will run you around a million dollars and take a year to complete. and then you need to pay for someone that knows how to maintain it and keep it secure and backed up.

i can do it for £30k in 6 months

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Feb 23, 2011

i just finished my forum replacement, it's production ready
no you cant see it

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Feb 23, 2011

sned the code lowtax

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Feb 23, 2011

im going to make a highly original joke
it's done and you didn't even notice

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