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["Jordan Rinke" <jordan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The vmware communities are another good example, they are forum-ish in that
they are sorted by categories with optional tags but have topics with the
ability to mark questions as answered etc.

-----Original Message-----
From: Thierry Carrez [mailto:thierry@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 8:59 AM
To: Jordan Rinke
Cc: openstack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Openstack] Creating a forum

Jordan Rinke wrote:
> Can anyone name a large successful project that either doesn't have an 
> official forum, or that multiple unofficial forums haven't sprung up
around?

The Linux Kernel ? Apache HTTPD ? Most projects that have forums are
end-user-oriented, not sysadmin-oriented.

> Also, I looked and phpbb has a mod that allows marking topics as 
> solved, selecting a post as the answer and also giving posts solve 
> ratings so I think that is a good combination of both worlds (and we 
> could tweak expand on the concept if needed)

That doesn't solve the duplication of questions which usually plague forums.

In the end, it all depends on what you're after. If you want a place for
random people to randomly discuss OpenStack, then a forum system is
definitely the good answer. If you want an area where to ask questions and
find answers, then a stackexchange-type site is what you need. Using one to
do the other is a recipe for pain.

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Thierry Carrez (ttx)
Release Manager, OpenStack