-=> Quoting Mike Roberts to Mark Hoover <=-

 > SA> SA> Yeah its like those FSEs...Gedit?  I think that was the
great one ou
 > SA> SA> there.  Had tons of nice features and well done but locked up in
 
 > SA> MH> I never got one installed....:(  But then again, most
of the people
 > SA> MH> who  did mail here downloaded it anyway....
 
 > I figure the main reason is most people didn't do mail online.  At least
 > not here....

 MR> Take it from a guy who has run FSE's. I have had 5 different ones in 
 MR> Synchronet. Not one of them worth a dang, except Ice Edit, which is no
 MR> longer  supported. Cracks are out there, which lets the thing run as
 MR> registered if a  sysop is so inclined to do this, but the editor dies
 MR> after so many uses and  you have to reset the whole thing up. WWIV edit
 MR> not bad.. But to be honest,  external editors just suck. most don't
 MR> work like the built in fse's ala  Renegade ( probably the nicest and
 MR> easiet FSE out there. ) I ran my Telegard  system with Ice Ed, and

     I was always partial to Gedit for some reason...IceEdit..was good
     but I think it had a issue I can't remember now :)

 MR> would be happy with that today. If you Sysops in this  telegard echo
 MR> would stop acting like a bunch of old timers waiting to die.  8-)

     I resemble that remark! :)
        

 MR> .. That last line above is totally tongue in cheek. You guys are still
 MR> some  of the nicest group of sysops around. I just find ya's kind of
 MR> quiet.  Probably since you set up your systems so long ago and don't

    Kind!..well we can be mean..let's see...hrm..go jump off a cliff
    there that mean enough? :)

 MR> fiddle with  them, so don't talk much about tg itself anymore. I tried
 MR> setting up my old  system as telnet. I don't know what it is, but It
 MR> crawls and that is sad. I  love this piece of software, but if I ran it
 MR> that slow these days, I'd lose  users, and there aren't that many
 . I logged on one tg telnet system. I  was reading some old posts, He
 MR> doesn't have any new posts, maybe his feed was  cut. But just coming
 MR> online recently. I read these old posts. I know it's not  something
 MR> people want to answer, and I don't blame you. But. Scott was saying 
 MR> something about Tim possibly turning the code over to him, if and when
 MR> they  got in touch. Well it is two years later, I see contact has  been
 MR> made. Is it  possible that this might happen, Or is it not an option
 MR> anymore. I am sorry  Mark, I was posting a reply to one of your
 MR> messages, but it ended up to all.. 
 MR> Everyone have a good Day!

     I give nothing to chance.  I'll be likely emailing him (tim)
     in about 2 weeks.  If you want anything said to him just
     let me know.  We'll see where he stands at this point.



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