SD>Hello, Mark.

SD>On 15 Feb 05 at 22:43, Mark Hoover wrote to Scott Adams:

SD> MH> And eventually a fatal bug will come up due to the constantly
SD> MH> changing  operating systems and hardware.  At that point sysops
SD> MH> if they're still around will be forced to either attempt to keep
SD> MH> ancient hardware around to support the systems or abandon it as
SD> MH> a useless piece of trash.

SD>Uhm, Mark, I tend to disagree with you-I'm already running ancient
SD>hardware and  it runs just fine, thankyouverymuch.  I've no problem
SD>running it-according to  most of the computing world, I'm running a
SD>dead OS too-and loving the hell out  of it.

Sean.  I'm not saying it's a problem now.  But who knows what lies 
within the source code.  Maybe theres some variable counter that 
overflows in the year 2008.  Sure your software works great and that's 
good, but what about next year?

For what it's worth, I ran the BBS on an old 486sx/25.  However, I sure 
wasn't going to spend a whole lot of money on the thing if it had died.  
That's the point I was trying to make.


SD>BBSing isn't about the latest or greatest.  It's about keeping the
SD>spirit alive  of BBSing and from what I see, you don't need the
SD>latest and greatest to run a  BBS.

I'm not saying you do, but eventually there comes the practical cost of 
keeping the hardware running when the components start dying.



SD> MH>  eventually TG will die.  Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow,
SD> MH>  but eventually, someday....

SD>It's already dead, Mark.  We've all known this for years.  According
SD>to most of  my friends, BBSing is a dead hobby that's a waste of
SD>time, just like ham radio  is.

I'm talking dead as in the software not being functional for whatever 
reason....:)

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