The lead programmer of phpBB, psoTFX, has quit. psoTFX's real name is Paul Owens.
Paul states:
Quote:
Finally I took the decision I should've taken two or three months ago ... I quit phpBB. I'm sure some of you, the idiot brigade will say "Good riddens". Fine, no problem, you probably have the mentality of a deranged gnat (appologies to the gnat) so your opinion counts for ... erm ... less than nothing.
...phpBB I believe came along at just the right time, well, version 2.0 anyway ... the alternatives at that stage were vBulletin, an excellent board but at a relatively "high" price, UBB same as vB except for the excellent part and ikonboard, again an excellent board but one which was being banned at an increasing rate due to its performance issues (mainly that it was written in Perl of course). phpBB offered a good all round solution ... for free ... gratis ... nowt ... nada. What's more support was free, extras were free, localisation ... yep, free. An entirely free (as in beer ...) project...
I honestly feel that had phpBB not existed the explosion of community fora would have been considerably lessened...
Source:
Only registered users can see links on this board! Get registered or login to the forums!
Man this is such a sad news... Goodluck Paul for whatever he is planning to do and a big THANK YOU for providing a great software tool.
I hear you, and agree, but here's what a 'friend' of mine had to say...
Quote:
HE ran the project like an idiot. HE caused himself all the problems. HE changed version 2.2 into 3.0 through poor management and scope creep. HE obsoleted his own skins. HE prevented others from joining in and helping the project. It has been about 3 years since HE promised a 2.2 enhancements release.
HE thinks riddance is spelled with an s ...and HE calls his "customers" deranged gnats?
HE is a confused, overwhelmed and bitter person.
But I do agree with his conclusion. Too bad HE has been letting it die and wither on the vine.
Hmmmm. Sounds like a description of someone else too
Yes, it sounds like any number of ppl, actually. That's the 'funny' part of all this...
Since I posted his comments, here is my reply...
Quote:
You know, having been involved with various web development communities over the years, all I can tell you is -- I've seen this happen over n' over n' over again. It's almost like it's the same person, cause-for-cause, attitude-for-attitude, word-for-word, over-and-over. It amazes me, really. It's almost like there is some sort of shared psychological defect that all lead developers have. In the real world, I've noticed that many engineers share these same traits.
All human misery, boiled down to its essence, is caused by resentment -- and resentment is born out of pride. So, "Pride of Ownership" is bound to cause resentment, sooner or later...
View next topic View previous topic
You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum
![[Valid RSS]](http://ravenphpscripts.com/images/valid-rss.png "Validate my RSS feed"){kind=small}
:: 
::
