SA> -=> Quoting Mark Hoover to David Stumpf <=-

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BBS's have simply been replaced by the internet.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.

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

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