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echo: irex
to: LEE GREEN
from: Robert Wolfe
date: 2011-07-16 14:09:00
subject: Re: irex registration

-=> LEE GREEN wrote to MIKE ROBERTS <=-

 ->-> the telnet and binkp protocols built into PX/Wins.  But, the way Hector
 ->-> is, I doubt we will see that happening anytime in the near or distant
 ->-> future.

 LG> Have you noticed that the PXW conferences have recently disapeared at
 LG> Santronics?
 LG> When I asked Andrea about it she said she would have to ask tech
 LG> support (Hector?) what happened, I have yet to hear back an answer, I
 LG> was actively helping someone in the conference get it setup when this
 LG> happened so there is activity for new users of PXW.

 ->Both Andrea and Hector have said to me, right over the phone, that PXW
 ->is done. It will never be upgraded and never again supported by them.
 ->This does not sound good to me, but again, it is more along the way
 ->Winserver is going, Not too much in the Fidonet or msg network way.
 ->Mostly focusing on email stuff only. Including mailing lists etc. So one
 ->never knows, but I don't think there is any plans beyond the PXW package
 ->unless someone else writes it for network type messaging.

They probably think that BBSing is dead and that there is no more of a 
hobbyist need for their product anymore so they effectively dropped the
product line.  Which is really sad, IMO, since I think PXWins could 
end up being as good a product as WINS is.  Again, just my opinion.


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