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Skriven 2007-07-12 21:54:00 av ROBERT FOWLER (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av SEAN DENNIS
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-=> SEAN DENNIS wrote to ROBERT FOWLER <=-

 RF> protocols.  BBSes and TELNET OTOH,  are going the way of GOPHER,
 RF> not just with respect to Fidonet, but  universally.
                                                 
 SD> That's funny; I see over 400 BBSes listed on The BBS Corner's Telnet
 SD> BBS Guide and 158 on the Synchronet BBS List (both are maintained very
 SD> well).  And that's not counting The BBS Corner's Dial-Up BBS Guide
 SD> either.

 You consider that significant? :-)  Try comparing that with the number
 of web severs, mail servers and nntp servers in service, and the
 percentage is infinitesimal.  How many corporate or governmental BBSes
 remain in service?  They've all moved to the web.

 SD> Synchronet BBS comes with a built-in Gopher server.

 Simply shows the software is archaic.  Indeed, virtually all of the
 commercial developers of BBS software have moved to other sources of
 revenue.  What do you suppose that's all about? :-)
                      
 SD> Telnet's not going anywhere anytime soon and nor are BBSes.  I still
 SD> get calls from people looking to enjoy a BBS rather than the anonymous
 SD> ways of the WWW.
  
 SD> I don't know about you all, but I'll be around until I can run a BBS
 SD> anymore. I'm turning 35 next month, so it's going to be a few more
 SD> years yet. :)

 I wish you well, but I wouldn't count on challenging My Space. :-)

 Regards,

 Robert Fowler


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