BC>The days of the BBS are wrapping up and drawing to a close.  BBS's just 
don'
  >get it anymore in terms of cost and resources of time and equipment.  
FidoNe
  >is shrinking weekly and is down by over 5,000 nodes in the last 18-mos.  
The
  >is nothing to suggest this trend will be reversed, and so in another year 
or
  >two, FidoNet will be only a shell of its former self.
This is truly a sad note.  I compare the demise of the bbs (because of
internet) to the demise of all the small hometown newspapers which were 
eaten up by the big newspaper dynastys.  Of course, Congress passed a 
law(s) and gave up some money for the newspapers.
CHARLES
 * 1st 2.00 ~ I'm here to test the concrete.
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