Hello,<div><br></div><div>There are migration tools to convert from vBulletin to SMF, for instance:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://download.simplemachines.org/?converters;software=vbulletin">http://download.simplemachines.org/?converters;software=vbulletin</a></div>
<div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=288034.0">http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=288034.0</a></div><div><br>AFAIK, SMF requires less resources than vBulletin, so a less powerful (and cheaper) hosting may be enough, specially given that Maemo is (sadly) not exactly in its brightest moment.</div>
<div><br></div><div>BTW, why doesn't Hildon Foundation join forces with Mer Project (or even merge) ?</div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 8:47 PM, Iván Gálvez Junquera <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ivgalvez@gmail.com" target="_blank">ivgalvez@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="gmail_quote"><div><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://talk.maemo.org" target="_blank">TMO</a> forum started being part of <a href="http://maemo.org" target="_blank">maemo.org</a> more than 3 years ago with funding from Nokia. Previously it was part of the web site <a href="http://www.internettablettalk.com/" target="_blank">Internet Tablet Talk</a>, privately </font><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif">founded by Reggie Suplido and</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif"> dedicated to the initial Nokia Maemo devices.</span></div>
<div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif">The </font><a href="http://www.internettablettalk.com/" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif" target="_blank">Internet Tablet Talk</a> first<font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif"> and </font><a href="http://talk.maemo.org/" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif" target="_blank">TMO</a> later<font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif">, have been the glue for this amazing community that we have, providing an efficient way of communication between developers and end users, not just a place for discussion and comments.</font></div>
<div><font color="#222222" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div>Reggie has been the administrator and owner of forums since the very beginning, and thanks to him a lot has been accomplished. However, now that Nokia is stopping activities around Maemo and Meego, continuation of forums was at risk.</div>
<div><br></div><div>The cost of maintenance for current <a href="http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?p=1227233#post1227233" target="_blank">host</a> solution was too expensive ($468/month) to be funded by the <a href="http://www.hildonfoundation.org" target="_blank">Hildon Foundation</a>. Continuing in the same way was clearly difficult so migration to a cheaper solution was somehow mandatory. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Finally, Reggie has decided to donate the forum to the Hildon Foundation:</div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:12.727272033691406px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><div>
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:12.727272033691406px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></div><i>"I will be stepping down as the TMO administrator effective January 1, </i></span><i><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:12.727272033691406px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">2013. I have decided that I will be donating the database to the </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:12.727272033691406px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">foundation."</span></i><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:12.727272033691406px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<br><div><i><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:12.727272033691406px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">"I saw my name mentioned in one of the board meetings about the </span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:12.727272033691406px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">possibility of becoming the admin of </span><a href="http://maemo.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:12.727272033691406px;font-family:arial,sans-serif" target="_blank">maemo.org</a><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:12.727272033691406px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">. I appreciate the offer</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:12.727272033691406px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:12.727272033691406px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">but I have to decline as of this time.</span><span>"</span></i></div>
<div><i><span><br></span></i></div><div>From the <a href="http://www.hildonfoundation.org" target="_blank">Hildon Foundation</a> we want to thank Reggie for this contribution and for all the time and efforts he has shared with us.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Now we have different constraints that affect the migration of the server:</div>
<div>- Lack of funds to pay a new hosting service and a vBulletin license. Please <a href="http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?p=1303767" target="_blank">donate</a>! </div>
<div>- Man power to migrate and administrate the forums. Board and Council are conducting a survey to address it.</div><div>- Concerns about data privacy laws if we move the service from the U.S. to Europe.</div><div><br>
</div><div>Migrating to an OSS might be doable in the near future but at this point it could be very difficult to accomplish, as we lack resources and time. However, if anyone with the required knowledge is interested in starting such a project for migration, please contact with <a href="mailto:council@maemo.org" target="_blank">Council</a>.</div>
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</font></span></font></span></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Iván Gálvez (ivgalvez)<br><a href="http://www.hildonfoundation.org" target="_blank">The Hildon Foundation</a><br>
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