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echo: win32
to: BOB JUGE
from: JEFF BINKLEY
date: 1997-02-17 08:14:00
subject: NT AND COMM PROGRAMS

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BJ>Hector Santos wrote in a message to Bob Juge:
BJ> BJ> There just isn't a lot of native WinNT BBS stuff available, and 
BJ> BJ> with interest in Fidonet waning due to the Internet, I don't
BJ> BJ> hold  out much hope that this will change.  :-(
BJ> HS>> Whats wrong with WINServer? Mustang's Win 32 Client/Server
BJ> HS>> BBS/Internet system.  How you tried it yet?
BJ> BJ> I don't want to be in Jim Harrer's pocket, and especially since
BJ> BJ> it would cost me about $700 to get there!
BJ> HS> Nope. Its not free.  But $700?  How do you figure?
BJ>Well, I'm running 12 nodes of Bink/Max, hooked into the Internet via
BJ>SIO.SYS' Vmodem.  I have an online registration door, as well as FTP,
BJ>Telnet ,and IRC chat doors.  How much would an equivalent setup cost
BJ>me from Mustang/Santronics?
BJ> HS> Anyway, There is Native WinNT BBS/Internet software out there,
BJ> HS> just most are not free to develop, nor free to support and sell.
BJ> HS> It probably cost harrer $250,000 or more to get there. :-)
BJ>Aside from Wildcat! 5 and Max/NT, I am not aware of others.  Are you?
Metaworlds from Clark Development (i.e. of PCBoard fame)...
Jeff
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