Howdy Charles!!
Monday April 28 1997 23:48, Charles Hunter wrote to Bill Cheek:
 BC>> The days of the BBS are wrapping up and drawing to a close.  BBS's
 BC>> 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.
 CH> This is truly a sad note.  I compare the demise of the bbs (because of
 CH> internet) to the demise of all the small hometown newspapers which
 CH> were eaten up by the big newspaper dynastys.  Of course, Congress
 CH> passed a law(s) and gave up some money for the newspapers.
At the risk of being moderated, I'll add my 2 cents worth...
I don't forsee the death of BBSs for quite a while.  As more and more people 
flock to the internet, a good number of them are finding out that it can be a 
vast wasteland of bits and bytes.
There's no "community" on the internet, like the local BBS has.  There's so 
much crap posted in the newsgroups that doesn't pertain to the topic of the 
newsgroup.  I've all but stopped reading the newsgroups.  I've grown tired of 
reading all the BS in regards to "get-rich-quick" schemes and the hate 
arbage
posted there.
I'll admit that it'd take quite a bit for me to drop my internet account.  I 
like exploring places on the web.  But, there's a lot of junk on the net, 
o.
The BBS will stick around for a while longer.  It may even see a revival in 
the future.  Who knows.
Rick - rush2112@ct2.nai.net
... Never accept lemonade from a Urologist.
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