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y=yes
n=no
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Proxicom
J/Forum 1.0
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WebBoard
2.0
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Web
Crossing 2.0.2
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Well
Engaged Discussions 1.5
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each
additional 10 forums,
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10
forums, $7,500; 2 Virtual Boards,
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100
users, $495;
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List
price
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$4,500
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10
conferences each, $59.95
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unlimited users, $995
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$3,500
and up
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Platforms
supported
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Windows
NT 3.51, Solaris 2.5.1
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Windows
95, NT
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Windows
95, NT, most Unix
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N/A
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Wizard-based/custom
installation
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n
y
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y
y
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y
y
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N/A
y
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Built-in
database software
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y
|
y
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y
|
y
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Web
Site Setup and Administration
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|
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Authoring
tool provides wizards for page setup
|
n
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y
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n
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n
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Authoring
tool uses WYSIWYG interface
|
n
|
n
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n
|
n
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Integrable
with user lists preset in Web server software
|
y
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n
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y
|
y
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Administrator
can set user-level access:
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|
|
|
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Read-only
|
y
|
y
|
y
|
y
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Read/Post/Delete
|
y
y y
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y
y y
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y
y y
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y
y y
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Create/delete forms
|
y
y
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y
y
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y
y
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n
n
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Profanity
filtering:
|
|
|
|
|
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Deletes/replaces offensive words
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n
n
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n
n
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n
n
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n
n
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Rejects postings with offensive words
|
n
|
n
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y
|
y
|
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Administrator
can delete/archive messages
|
y
y
|
y
y
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y
n
|
y
n
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Navigation
and Use
|
|
|
|
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User
can customize and save pages
|
n
|
n
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y
|
y
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User
can sort messages by date/author/thread
|
n
n n
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n
n n
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yt
n n
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y
y y
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User
can view messages by date/unread only
|
y
n
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n
y
|
y
n
|
y
y
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User
can perform full-text/fielded/Boolean searches
|
y
y n
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y
y n
|
y
y* y*
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y
y n
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Previous
and next arrows provided for messages/thread
|
y
y
|
y
y
|
y
n
|
y
n
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User
can collapse/expand threads
|
y
y
|
y
y
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n
n
|
y
y
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|
User
can create/modify a forum
|
y
y
|
y*
y*
|
y
y
|
y
y
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|
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Messages
|
|
|
|
|
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Supports
noncoded formatting: tabs/bold/italic
|
y
n n
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y
n n
|
y
y y
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y
n n
|
|
Messages
can include bullets/attachments/links
|
y
y y
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n
y y
|
y
n y
|
n
n y
|
|
User
can edit/delete/preview messages
|
y
y y
|
y
y y
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y
y n
|
y
y y
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Includes
real-time chat
|
y
|
y
|
y
|
n
|
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E-mails
users when messages have received responses
|
y
|
y
|
n
|
n
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