Subj : BBS REVIEW SORT OF (FUTURE) THING?
To   : Wilfred van Velzen
From : August Abolins
Date : Wed Apr 29 2020 07:39 am

Hello Wilfred!

** On 29.04.20 - 09:05, Wilfred van Velzen wrote to August Abolins:

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 AA>> NEWS: SYSOPS BEWARE of "CHEESE BURGER" :
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 AA>> The following may not specifically address matters of future FTN
 AA>> technology or developement, but it is kind of like a new development
 AA>> sort of thing that has emerged in recent weeks.

 WvV>BBS_CARNIVAL, For instance, seems a more appropriate area for this...


I totally agree regarding appropriateness.  I considered a xpost there  
too.  But I wasn't hooked up to it for a convenient simultaneous copy from  
my OpenXP system.  I am still disovering the many features of OpenXP so  
there might be a source or a future-related article about that.

This (future4fido) echo seemed like a logical place to announce a "new"  
thing like Cheese Burger's reviews on the BBS culture. I think of my post  
as an occassional contribution similar to a special entertainment section  
in a magazine where related yet interesting information can be found.

Since you have an opinion would you like to be co-mod of this place? <G>   
Two heads (er, roving reporters) can be better than one.

What stirred me to post about the BBS REVIEW SORT OF THING was that as I  
watched the fellow explore the offerings, I wondered is that all there is  
out there?  Is the "future" just a bunch of retro systems?  Is that as  
good as it gets?

when he discovers it, maybe Cheese Burger will comment on the nature of  
inter-connected BBSes and how they function and the technology they rely  
on - FTN, QWK binkp - or some other.


  ../|ug

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