In a msg on , David Chord of 3:771/1560
writes to Zorch Frezberg:
 ZF>> Back at COMDEX in 1993, my NC at the time got to talk to the 
 ZF>> head of Mustang... 
 ZF>> He was told by the head of the company that they saw "no 
 ZF>> need" to support Fido technology in the future, and would 
 ZF>> provide no resources to it. 
 DC> Off topic!
Comparative systems.  
 DC> I took a look at the Platinum Express echo yesterday (stumbled on it 
 DC> while looking for other messages on another system), and messages from 
 DC> Jim Balcom hinted that the head of Mustang really likes Fido SysOp's and 
 DC> wants to support them. Perhaps they had a change of heart?
Probably a loss of revenue.  I think that they've discovered just how much of 
their income was derived from hobbyists instead of corporations.
I'm seeing a _lot_ of complaints about the lack of a 32-bit EXCALIBUR BBS 
system, as well as of the WINS setup from MSI...
 DC> Not to worry, Wildcat doesn't seem to have anything over Maximus, 
 DC> cept maybe direct internet support :-)
Still curse the lack of a Win95 PPP/FOSSIL to run a mailer and Maximus on a 
telnet session...
-zf-
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