I mean if you're talking BIG like a Hotmail type big then okay, but it has its pros and cons as with most technology.

Again though I'd still be interested in seeing a site that is using Off The Shelf "Internet forum software" that supports LDAP Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

This is a list of Internet Forum software for most of the known applications and none of them list LDAP (though this list may not be up to date and may not include such details for all applications)

Comparison of Internet forum software written in (ASP)

Comparison of Internet forum software written in (PHP)

Comparison of internet forum software written in (other languages)

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