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PostPosted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 10:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

good idea! Smile
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 7:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I don't think it's needed. There is the C/T/N section which has quite general categories then the security focused categories below that. Databases can fit into one of these. If we had a database section we'd need, web servers, email servers, games servers, file servers etc..

All of these fit better in existing categories, in my opinion. Too many categories just confuses people new to the forums, especially if they continue to change, so we try to keep that to a minimum.
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 5:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Any more sections is going to confuse me. As if I am not already confused :p
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 7:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

zeedo wrote:
I don't think it's needed. There is the C/T/N section which has quite general categories then the security focused categories below that. Databases can fit into one of these. If we had a database section we'd need, web servers, email servers, games servers, file servers etc..

All of these fit better in existing categories, in my opinion. Too many categories just confuses people new to the forums, especially if they continue to change, so we try to keep that to a minimum.


Agreed. Generally, Databases are OS Specific, and until we start fielding dozens of queries about DB2 and Oracle, I'm fairly sure that the three main database varieties we encounter (mysql, mssql, and access) can stay where they live at the moment - respectively in the linux, active directory, and windows forums. Not entirely correct, but as zeedo points out, thousands of categories are confusing and counterproductive.
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