RS> No problem with say collecting enough in user charges to make a profit
RS> after your costs have been paid if you can offer the users a good enough
RS> service to convince them to pay that with the other free systems around.

PC> I feel that the ettiquette and origional fido ideals are getting
PC> thrown out the window when sysops are making money out of it.

Thats entirely your prerogative, and you are free to never go near
a system like that. And others who think its acceptible can use it.

PC> Such a BBS would be offering Fido as a service for which
PC> they charge. That's re-selling a "free" service. That sux!

They mostly are actually charging for the hardware and stuff.

Anyway, whether you like it or not doesnt really matter much, thats
the way Fido has chosen to operate. You are perfectly free to setup
another operation which does it differently if you want to.

--- PQWK202