MH> One of the first on the PC side of the house that will always be held near
 MH> and dear is WWIV. To me, WWIV started many other favorites and one of the
 MH> main reason I went with it back then was the ability to have the complete
 MH> source code once registered. You can turn it into just about anything you
 MH> can imagine once you learned how to code.

I'd think a major downside to changing the source to customize your system is
that if you wanted to upgrade to a newer version of WWIV, you'd have to
re-apply 
your customizations to the code (and then test it again to ensure your changes
work in the new version).  And in some cases, the author's code may change so
much that it might be very difficult to apply your customizations again.

Eric
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