GD> What do big bucks have to do with anything? You obviously know nothing
 GD> about the year 2000 issue?
 RD> Simple. The more you make off your programming, the more you should
 RD> be expected to think about this stuff. The fact that someone who's
 RD> program is FREE to most people has put any thought into it should
 RD> cheered and applauded. Especially considering how many corporations,
 RD> with thousands of programmers and designers, making billions of
 RD> dollars, never even worried about it.
Typical amateur response... It's not the past that counts, it's how
we're going to fix it once and for always...
 GD> They have been yelled at, and those programs are now being fixed.
 RD> At what cost to the nation?
Zero!
 GD> And this is probably why you comment the way you do... :(
 RD> You say that as if loyalty, friendship, and greatfulness are bad
 RD> things.
Not at all. I run a Maximus BBS myself and am greatful to people like
Scott for providing such programs without charging for them. This
doesn't mean that it can't be a better product. You seem to take ALL
criticism as negative. It's NOT! I like to see Maximus survive, but if
Scott and loyalists like yourself are so sensitive about improvements,
I'm not so sure it will... :(
 GD> Robby, may I ask you how many years of programming experience you have
 GD> as a professional programmer? And what kinds of projects you have
 GD> worked on?
 RD> Not that's it relevant, but I have several BBS door IGMs that are all
 RD> free, come with free tech support, and are all year 2000 irrelevant.
 RD> I also run a 24/7 BBS that provides free access to all users, and,
 RD> until my feed quit, proveded free email to users.
So by your own admission, you're really not a year 2000 expert, then?
 RD> Now ask me how much it's going to cost me to upgrade the setup I use
 RD> to provide all these free services!
Not that it really matters to this discussion, but let me guess... zero.
Gerry Danen (gdanen@accessweb.com) C+Net BBS @ 403-477-9545
            http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Way/9823
2 years, 77 days, 4 hours, 37 minutes, and 14 seconds until January 1, 2000.
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