Synchronet rules!!

(A lot of the BBS's here in Dallas run with that.)

Doc Clu


> Jason Hud wrote in a message to Sean Dennis:
>> well, i would in no way call synchronet an isp in any way , shape
>> or form.
> I, at one time, did operate a "mini-ISP".  I had a program
for OS/2 that
>allowed up to four dialup callers to access my system at once...I tried it and
> it worked, but man, on a P/200, it was kinda slow. 
>> it's a pretty good software, especially for being free.
> I've never doubted that and I have always said, contrary to what some Sync
> sysops have said, that Synchronet is one of the easiest software packages to
> set up for Fidonet-style networking.  The documentation is very well-written
> and you can get set up very fast.
>> if you were to go out and look for something comparable, you'd find
>> something  that would be lackluster in comparison, and have a hefty
>> pricetag.
> Nice way of not mentioning any names. :P  But you're absolutely right.
>> really, it takes a good product to make someone like me, who loved
>> renegade/iniquity/tg for so many years to be a cheerleader for
>> synchornet.
>Synchronet serves an important niche in the BBS community, especially for thos
>without $$$$ to $pend on BBS software.   I may poke fun, but
if you look at
> the sheer number of people running it, there's something to be said there.
> However, there are a lot of people still running "older"
software, such as
> myself, so the community is all splintered in a thousand little factions when
> it comes to BBS loyalty.
> Then again, I'm kinda infamous for changing software, but no more.  No more
> time to play and tinker with things and I'm never going to have to move my
> userbase by hand again.  That was an experience I'd rather not recreate. :P
> Later,
> Sean
> // sean{at}outpostbbs.net | http://outpostbbs.net | ICQ: 19965647

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