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vBulletin (abbreviated as '''vB''') is a commercial Internet Forum package produced by Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd. Written in PHP using a MySQL Database server, it is comparable to other forum software such as Invision Power Board , Simple Machines Forum , UBB.threads and MyBulletinBoard . HISTORY In 1999 James Limm and John Percival were running a site using Infopop 's UBB.classic forum software. As their site grew, they noticed that their software, written in Perl using a Flat-file database, could not always cope with the number of users they had. In February of 2000 , the two decided that it would be better to write their own solution as both were unfamiliar with the software's code and thus unable to optimize it. Initially, it was designed solely as a rewrite of UBB, but in PHP using MySQL, and was meant only for their forum. However, a few months later, other UBB owners expressed interest in the solution. Because of this, they offered to sell it to Infopop , but their proposal was rejected. As there was still a demand for the software, Limm and Percival created Jelsoft and released their work as a paid solution, thus becoming vBulletin 1. After subsequent minor releases of their software, the two decided to start working on a new version that would be more than a rewrite of UBB: they wanted to turn their software into a competitive solution for forums. Rewriting the entirety of the product, vBulletin 2 commenced development. Shortly thereafter, Limm became the managing director and Percival the lead developer. To help with the scale of the project, additional developers were brought on to create vBulletin 2. The release of vBulletin 2 proved to be very successful and is what made vBulletin popular. In December of 2002 , vBulletin 3 was beginning development. Percival decided to step down as lead developer and product manager, turning his roles over to Kier Darby. vBulletin 3 was under development for a lengthy period of time--nearly 2 years--as it went from a mere improvement on vBulletin 2 to a complete rewrite. However, version 3 was finally released in March 2004 . Recently, vBulletin 3.5 was released that addressed some of the shortcomings of 3.0 (discussed later on). VERSIONS Since the initial release of vBulletin in 2000 , there have been many improvements of the software. Below is a list of the major revisions and what they improved on from the previous version. v3.5 vBulletin 3.5 addressed some of the shortcomings of version 3.0. Here are a few of the changes:
v3.0 Initially, version 3.0 was intended to be an extension of the 2.x release that would improve performance and user experience. However, as time progressed, it proved to be a complete rewrite. Some of the key advantages over vBulletin 2 are:
v2.x vBulletin 2 is no longer under active development, except for security updates. When this version was released, it had numerous new features over vBulletin 1, which it replaced:
v1.x and vBulletin Lite Development of vBulletin 1 is no longer active; also, it is no longer a supported release. vBulletin 1 was the initial release of vBulletin, sporting the same features as UBB.classic . The release was very popular as it was one of the first systems that was written using PHP and MySQL that had the features of UBB. vBulletin Lite was a degraded version of the 1.x series that allowed potential customers to test their server for compatibility with vBulletin. The product was discontinued after vBulletin 2 because there were security issues and it was out of date, and Jelsoft did not want to spend resources into maintaining a non-commercial product. TRIVIA
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