Yo! Rick:
Tuesday May 13 1997 08:01, Rick Wilson wrote to Charles Hunter:
 RW> At the risk of being moderated, I'll add my 2 cents worth...
This topic is OPEN for discussion.
 RW> I don't forsee the death of BBSs for quite a while.  As more and more
 RW> people flock to the internet, a good number of them are finding out that
 RW> it can be a vast wasteland of bits and bytes.
That is hardly true in any real sense of the word, however I do concede that 
some guys just don't like women; some people don't like automation; some 
people don't like food; some people don't like science......ad nauseum.
 RW> There's no "community" on the internet, like the local BBS has.
There most assuredly IS !!!!!!!!! Huge communities....small communities...
AND, *many* of them.
 RW> There's so much crap posted in the newsgroups that doesn't pertain to
 RW> the topic of the newsgroup.
So?  Use a good news reader and filter out what you don't want.
 RW> I've all but stopped reading the newsgroups.  I've grown tired of
 RW> reading all the BS in regards to "get-rich-quick" schemes and the
 RW> hate garbage posted there.
So STOP reading that stuff.  No one is forcing you.
 RW> I'll admit that it'd take quite a bit for me to drop my internet
 RW> account. I like exploring places on the web.  But, there's a lot of
 RW> junk on the net, too.
So?  There are junkyards in every beautiful city, too.
 RW> The BBS will stick around for a while longer.  It may even see a
 RW> revival in the future.  Who knows.
It will stick around for the diehards; for the gamesters; for the porn 
addicts; and for other sleaze.....yes.  The BBS cannot possibly compete with 
the good side of the Internet in any respect, form, or fashion.
The numbers bear me out.  The number of BBS's has been on a dramatic decline 
since November, 1995.
But......there are still people using horses & buggies; CoCo and Apple IIe 
computers; and even doing their daily constitutionals in outdoor privvies. 
There will always be a BBS around somewhere.
Nevertheless, the BBS is *dead*.....even for those who don't like it.  There 
are better and more economical ways to do what BBS's do.....like freight 
trains compared to ox-carts.  But yes, there are a few oxen and carts still 
around.
Bill Cheek: bcheek@san.rr.com
Windows 95 Juggernaut Team ~ Microsoft MVP
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