-=> Quoting Mark Hoover to Scott Adams <=-

 SA> DS>No offense to those select few still out there, they're still
 SA> DS>doing what they enjoy doing and they're having fun.  I can salute
 SA> DS>them for that, but their numbers are going down each year because
 SA> DS>BBS's have simply been replaced by the internet.  Heck, I don't
 SA> DS>even have a modem in any of my three computers I use.  (My
 SA> DS>notebook has one that, oddly enough)
 
 SA> MH> I've been saying for years that BBSing wouldn't die due to the
 SA> MH> lack of sysops, but due to the lack of working and current
 SA> MH> software.  Not that I  blame the software authors, just stating
 SA> MH> my impression of the current  situation.
 
 SA>    I think its the opposite.  Its clear users make authors continue.
 SA>    So without users theres no software.  By now you've seen Tim's
 SA>    post and theres just a different style with coders that a piece
 SA>    of code is in some ways a living part of you.  You can burn out
 SA>    and just lose the desire.

 MH> But the question is, what do you do if a year from now you hit some TG
 MH> bug that absolutely prevents you from running the BBS?  Or the machine
 MH> dies and TG doesn't like the new hardware?

     If its not happened in the last decade its not going to happen.
     95% of all so called bugs that do the above are user fumbled
     errors.  We've all been there where some sysop forgot to do
     this or had a corrupt file or such.  

... "What's the matter with you, Steven?" - Ivanova
--- Fringe BBS