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I think what it is is that people seem to think that there is a large chance of them making money off of the ads that are thrown all over them. Which is true. WIth all the ad places popping up there is always a place to put them, and proxy sites are used world wide.
Yes you can integrate Joomla with phpbb but mkportal seems like it would fit more of what you are looking for.
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