-=> MAURICE KINAL wrote to ANDY ALT <=-

 MK> Hey Andy!

 MK> Sep 06 13:29 04, Andy Alt wrote to Maurice Kinal:

 AA> One of my thoughts on that  was that if you have one guy talking
 AA> about a
 AA> BBS to another fellow that's never heard of one, and wants to try it,
 AA> so he
 AA> does a search
 AA> on Google, winds up telnetting to a synchronet board for instance.
 AA> The
 AA> SBBS site has a synchronet BBS list, and sbbs has a synchronet list,
 AA> which
 AA> can only be run on an SBBS, and the logoff screen by default shows
 AA> the url
 AA> for the sbbs list. Okay, sbbs is a fine bbs package, and some people
 AA> think
 AA> wwiv is the greatest, others think wildcat is the greatest, mystic is
 AA> the
 AA> greatest, renegade is the greatest, etc, etc.

 MK> Huh?  I thought I already knew what I wanted to log into.  A health
 MK> chunk of what I want from a BBS is basically what I'd find useful as a
 MK> user of a BBS. To be quite honest I wasn't looking to please everyone
 MK> and think that all the above sounds like far too much hassel to deal
 MK> with, speaking both as a potential sysop and a user of any BBS.  I'd
 MK> appreciate access from anywhere simply because it would allow me to
 MK> have a central base or anchor as it were. I figure that if it were
 MK> useful to me then chances are it might be useful to others.  If not
 MK> then what's the point?

I was just going off your topic, Maurice. :)

 AA> It goes again to show
 AA> how
 AA> it's a matter of personal preference, and what works for one person
 AA> doesn't work for another, and what one person likes another doesn't.

 MK> Right.  So what do you suggest to alleviate that problem?  Perhaps a
 MK> personal configration file for each user where they can set any
 MK> variables that please them (ie display colours)?

Naw, again, I was going on a tangent. Just thinking, it's funny that most 
sysops want to promote *their* BBS, but not BBS'ing general, in an age 
where BBS'ing is teetering due to the effects of the Internet and 
Microsoft. The effect would be the same eventually, a dwindling user base 
and BBS awareness in people who would otherwise *enjoy* BBS'ing.

 MK> Yep.  However, I am more interested in what you want from a BBS,
 MK> nevermind the rest.  I already knew all the other stuff which is why I
 MK> am hesitant putting one up on the internet in the first place.  I can
 MK> take care of myself and know what I want.

What I want from a BBS? I still can't think of anything. :) Isn't there 
someone else that reads this echo to pick up my slack? :)

If you're looking for ideas though, how about a BBS that can be accessed 
from one of those cell phones with Internet access? Has that been done 
yet?
 
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