Michael J. Ryan wrote:
> On 6/14/2009 8:10 PM, Kelb tal-Fenek wrote:
>> OK, question; will Enthral have a gateway feature to import/export
>> to other networks? And since this will be running on linux, it would
>> be nice if it used perl instead of javascript. Something similar to
>> newslink is what I'm thinking but coded in perl.
>> 
>> Oh, what the hell, why stop there... are there maybe plans to use
>> mysql to organize the message base and other areas? Using mysql
>> might make it possible to access the messages on the web with php
>> later down the road.
>
> Afaik, Python is already in place...  Also, imho, sqlite or firebird would be 
> better, allowing a file per group or echo to be more manageable within the 
> bbs' data hierarchy, but that's just me. :)

Yes, Python might even be better. Perl or Python are both open
source and I like that. I don't know much about firebird but sqlite
sounds interesting and it likes Python. I was thinking mysql from
the web application side and the fact that so many sites are using
it for heavy traffic sites; like Wikipedia, so it would seem there
wouldn't be a problem with it keeping up with a busy message base.

When you talk about a web interface to usenet newsgroups the
response is a little on the negative side. These networked message
bases need to be where the people are now... and most people now
only think web browser when it comes to the internet. So, if usenet
doesn't want to go where the people are maybe FTN or QWK should lead
the way.