>  MvanL> My argument would be people started writing and using TCP/IP and
 >  MvanL> multithreaded daemons and computer clusters and invented the
 >  MvanL> I-n-t-e-r-n-e-t.

 > haha... that's not an argument... that's a diversion so that one can exit th
 > building and not have to face the discussion at hand ;)

I'll reiterate my point which is - The issues you've presented regarding 
"possible" multinode dropfile conflicts are extinct.

 >  MvanL> And that's why those large multinode BBS's are extinct and any
 >  MvanL> node/dropfile conflict issues are nowadays virtually impossible.

 > i disagree... most of them have simply changed faces... many BBS systems are
 > now ISPs... a lot of BBS systems have also moved to forum style interfaces..
 > don't see any of the goo old BBS doors available in any new formats, though.

I disagree. They haven't merely "changed faces". They adopted entirely new 
system processes, methodologies and infrustructure. They stopped using BBS's 
to provide the (ISP) services you're describing a long time ago. Such 
decisions nowadays are ludicrous except for the BBS hobbyist.

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