Text 89, 65 rader
Skriven 2004-09-06 17:07:21 av Maurice Kinal (1:261/38.9)
     Kommentar till text 87 av Andy Alt (1:14/250)
Ärende: Re: ssh
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Hey Andy!

Sep 06 13:29 04, Andy Alt wrote to Maurice Kinal:

 AA> One of my thoughts on that  was that if you have one guy talking 
 AA> about a 
 AA> BBS to another fellow that's never heard of one, and wants to try it, 
 AA> so he
 AA> does a search 
 AA> on Google, winds up telnetting to a synchronet board for instance. 
 AA> The 
 AA> SBBS site has a synchronet BBS list, and sbbs has a synchronet list, 
 AA> which 
 AA> can only be run on an SBBS, and the logoff screen by default shows 
 AA> the url 
 AA> for the sbbs list. Okay, sbbs is a fine bbs package, and some people 
 AA> think 
 AA> wwiv is the greatest, others think wildcat is the greatest, mystic is 
 AA> the 
 AA> greatest, renegade is the greatest, etc, etc.

Huh?  I thought I already knew what I wanted to log into.  A health chunk of
what I want from a BBS is basically what I'd find useful as a user of a BBS. 
To be quite honest I wasn't looking to please everyone and think that all the
above sounds like far too much hassel to deal with, speaking both as a
potential sysop and a user of any BBS.  I'd appreciate access from anywhere
simply because it would allow me to have a central base or anchor as it were. 
I figure that if it were useful to me then chances are it might be useful to
others.  If not then what's the point?

 AA> It goes again to show 
 AA> how 
 AA> it's a matter of personal preference, and what works for one person 
 AA> doesn't work for another, and what one person likes another doesn't.

Right.  So what do you suggest to alleviate that problem?  Perhaps a personal
configration file for each user where they can set any variables that please
them (ie display colours)?

 AA> The 
 AA> person mentioned above who's new to BBS'ing doesn't really have an 
 AA> idea 
 AA> that there are different boards with different interfaces.

Right.  Just like people who think the internet is MSN.  Tons of those around
here.  They have no idea what the internet really is.  Not that it is their
fault since the education system is owned by MS these days so how could they be
expected to know given the lack of a healthy, well rounded knowledge base.  MS
is far more crippling then just having to use their OS btw.

 AA> This is just what I'm writing *now.* You obviously 
 AA> wanted to discuss it with me, so I'm discussing it. :) I'm not a 
 AA> sysop, 
 AA> nor do I plan to be, so do my opinions even matter? :)

Yep.  However, I am more interested in what you want from a BBS, nevermind the
rest.  I already knew all the other stuff which is why I am hesitant putting
one up on the internet in the first place.  I can take care of myself and know
what I want.

Life is good,
Maurice

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