Hello Maurice.

14 Oct 03 21:49, you wrote to me:

 MG>> Remember, other than a Y2k bug fix, there really hasn't been any new
 MG>> development at all of Maximus/Squish since the mid-nineties. Although
 MG>> there
 MG>> are stable versions of Max/DOS, Max/OS2 and Max/WIN, that doesn't
 MG>> mean that
 MG>> newer, improved versions of Maximus for those OS's is not worth
 MG>> persuing.

 MK> Go for it!  I wouldn't dream of standing in your way.  Just don't use
 MK> Linux to develop for them while ignoring development of a native Linux
 MK> BBS.

Fidonet is and always will be about the sysop's choice. Linux is not the
only OS out there, nor will it ever be. The sysops have the right to choose
what they will run, and any improvements of Fidonet software should
recognize whatever OS's are popular with the network's sysops.

 MK> Nice meeting you guys.  Perhaps we'll meet up after your OS's go the way
 MK> of the dodo.

FYI, the reason I am posting on this subject, and the reason I have posted
in here before is because I actually have working distros of Linux on two
of my machines, and I may eventually switch my hub and BBS systems over to
Linux. That doesn't mean I don't see merit in working for those who choose
to use different OS's, and that includes anything that is or becomes
popular. You can't just ignore the number of Windows machines out there,
and if you think it's going away anytime soon, you're kidding yourself.

Linux, although greatly improved recently, still has a helluva long way to
go to match the ease of use, hardware compatibility and software
availability that Windows has. I'm no fan of Bill Gates, and I'm all for
Linux becoming better and better, but I still recognize the usefulness of
even quite older OS's; in fact, I'm still running a 1994 distro of Windows
NT because it's a damn sight more stable than anything else from Microsoft.
Hell, just look at Unix; it's about as old as rocks, IBM hasn't completely
given up on OS/2, and the Amiga OS is still being developed; who knows, one
day it might just make a comeback.

Then there's new ideas, like the Java OS...


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