werehere — Wed, 05 Jul 2000 22:04:06 +0000

Quote: rest assured that UBB ripped it off just as much as vBulletin did.

That is funny

Parker — Wed, 05 Jul 2000 21:52:02 +0000

I like how the front-end looks a lot alike. It makes it easier when you go to different boards running different BB's. Just my thoughts.

Maverick — Wed, 05 Jul 2000 20:38:50 +0000

There are really only 2 ways to set up a board. Either threaded or linear. Almost all threaded boards look alike to some degree and all linear boards look alike. UBB certainly was far from the first linear board, so if this basic layout and design belong to any one person, rest assured that UBB ripped it off just as much as vBulletin did.

BTW:
UBB = Perl and flat file storage
Vbulletin = PHP and MySQL.

So they don't share a single line of code.

and...

Matt Kaufman — Wed, 05 Jul 2000 19:31:43 +0000

You can change the look of vBulletin easily with the use of templates..

Justin S — Wed, 05 Jul 2000 14:01:41 +0000

No, actually I think the backend of the script is VERY different. vBulletin uses PHP and mySQL, and UBB uses Perl and just regular flat-file databases. It's much different in that sense. The frontend, which is the layout and what you're looking at, may be similar, but then again some designs are the same.

Wed, 05 Jul 2000 13:41:17 +0000

lol, all bulletin boards are similar

abahta — Wed, 05 Jul 2000 13:38:34 +0000

There are several differences...

No company copied the other. If this were true, then it would be a problem. There are a few similarities, but not too many.

I like vBulletin a lot more.