Hello mark.

17 Jun 07 10:59, you wrote to me:

 ml>> what other features can be added to a bbs besides the ones that
 ml>> are already there?

 JS>>      Speaking as a former RA and IM user. Any features that
 JS>> people can think of. The reality is that there isn't much chance
 JS>> of any new features being added let alone problems fixed in
 JS>> software that is no longer being developed.

 ml> errrmmm... it has been my inderstanding, all these years, that the
 ml> ability to run external packages was a major feature for things like
 ml> this... something you would like to see? run an external that offers
 ml> it... for instance, there's one or two message area replacements that
 ml> i'm aware of... i know there are also a few file area replacements...
 ml> i don't get it?

     I guess I don't either then. If I had the choice of one piece of
software that was capable of doing a number of things (Pots, Telnet, BinkP,
Mail, Files, Ftp, Email, Etc.) I would be more apt to go with the
single package than I would trying to get a number of differant programs to
work together. Not all of them as you well know operate using the same
standards. I think that is the reason packages like Winserver, Synchronet,
MBSE, BBBS and the like are becoming more popular. Less work to get
everything working correctly together. As it turned out a ended up
registering several copies of Winserver and one of BBBS since my RA days. I
have also installed
and tested DB, Synchronet, and MBSE over the last year or so.

     Not too long ago for SnG's I tried to install IM 2.50 again. It
wouldn't even load without generating an error. I think the last PC I
had IM installed on was a 486-120 with 16-32 meg of ram. Some of the PC's
here currently have 2-4 gig of ram and run at 2-3.2Ghz.

     The lack of developement has kept many software packages stagnent and
in some cases even unable to run at all unless you limit the hardware to
the software's limitations.

     Sadly, OS/2 is another example. I really enjoyed my OS/2 days and
recently tried to reinstall Warp4 on a PC here. First thing I was reminded
of was that it couldn't deal with an HD larger than 8G and also had
problems
with the newer bios. Heck, I am not sure how many working floppy drives I
still have in these PC's. In fact several never had a floppy drive installed


 JS>>      Heck, I recently tried to register some Fidonet related
 JS>> software that is no longer being developed but is be managed

 ml> hunh? being managed? wottzat mean?

     The software is not being developed but is owned by someone that is
currently active and is offering support for the product. But they are
refusing any new registrations.


 JS>> and my registration was refused. The unregistered version of the
 JS>> software is handicaped.

 ml> you pointed this out to them and explained why you needed to register?


     Yes I did. Actually I had registered the software some years ago but
couldn't find the original key file. I acquired the most recent version from
the year 2000 and decided to re-register the program. I was informed by the
current owner that they were not currently accepting new registrations and
did not know if or when they might be doing so again. So, I decided to go
the Husky direction since this node is a MO system and I have no BBS
installed.


 ml> )\/(ark

 ml> (1:3634/12)

Jeff

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