On Oct 27, 3:16=A0pm, kevin.smallw...{at}gmail.com wrote:
> Hi everyone!
>
> =A0 =A0 There has been a lot of talk about GBBS on the net over the last
> few weeks. Allow me to set a few things straight.
>
> First, I respect everyones opinion that investment vs return is in
> question. That's perfectly valid. I bought GBBS, ExFer, Net-Work ]
> [ and LLUCE as a labor of love. Even if I never make a penny off of
> it, I'm proud to keep it alive in some fashion.
>
> I plan on cleaning up the last version of GBBS Pro and re-relasing it.
> I'm proud to say I've found several 'telnet-enabled' GBBS sites still
> up and running. I would like to see the product wrapped in a virtual
> Apple // emulator along with instructions on how to configure a real
> Apple // to host an internet enabled GBBS.
>
> People such as myself would do this as a labor of love. Bulletin
> Boards are what launched me in to a lucrative career in IT. Some
> people collect baseball cards. Some people play golf. I "geek" :-)
>
> Kevin

I haven't seen much of the debates, but I do work in software for a
living and have a general opinion from that standpoint.  If you're
adding features and offering support, I totally see why you would
still ask people to register/pay for software.  It is your call if you
own the IP what you do with it, as long as you're not changing the
license agreement in major ways from what the existing customers have
already agreed to.  I'm a big fan of open source, but I also totally
dig the fact that people need to eat.  :-)

All the same, thanks for keeping GBBS alive.  Good luck in your
endeavor.

-B
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