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-=> Quoting Mark Hoover to Scott Adams <=-
SA> MH> Except that you can't fix the biggest problem out there. The
SA> MH> new breed of computer users. Most if not all of the new people
SA> MH> getting computers today believe that the only thing out there
SA> MH> on the internet is the web and email.
SA> Its like pushing rocks uphill. corporations care less
SA> about bbses. There might be one computer shop in
SA> 500 that know of the BBS world and MAY tell about it.
SA> But they aren't dumb. They'lls eel their high speed
SA> modems and software for the 'net. Not many shops
SA> are willing ot help us like they did back in the '80s
SA> when they published bbs lists and such.
MH> Companies exist to make money and these days money is in the high
MH> speed stuff cause that's what TV is telling the masses....:(
Making money?...what a oddball concept is this? :)
... "I'm sending him the same message." - Sheridan
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