[Nelug] North East LUG website: Mambo?

Richard Patterson richard at helpquick.co.uk
Fri Dec 2 09:59:39 UTC 2005


Paul T Proctor wrote:

> Hi Richard the web site seems really good idea but in the Spirit of 
> True Open Source should we not use joomla http://www.joomla.org
>
> This is the major fork of Mambo by all the original developers after 
> the imposition of a non open source (in there opinion) Foundation by 
> Miro the original company behind the very early Mambo. It is now 
> faster and more developed than Mambo. All details can be seen on the 
> joomla site. It is very easy to install and is very similar to Mambo 
> in initial workings as a CMS Portal. It is 100% Open Source and the 
> developers also set up Open Source Matters 
> http://www.opensourcematters.org/
>
> Keep up all the good work ,
>
> Paul


Good thinking... I've just had a quick look at the joomla website, and 
it looks like mambo, and it says in the FAQ that it can use the mambo 
database... so i'll give it a go, see if i can migrate across to joomla...

Regards

Richard




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