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From: tneff@dasys1.UUCP (Tom Neff)
Newsgroups: alt.bbs,comp.misc
Subject: Re: New Ideas in BBSes (No BS!)
Keywords: BBS Client Server Network
Message-ID: <8083@dasys1.UUCP>
Date: 4 Dec 88 17:51:13 GMT
References: <1217@cps3xx.UUCP> <12714@steinmetz.ge.com>
Reply-To: tneff@dasys1.UUCP (Tom Neff)
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The last thing we need is yet another BBS.  There are already too
many of them out there.  What we need is something more basic - a
low level protocol on which anyone can define his/her OWN BBS.
Everyone sets out to reinvent, not just the wheel, but the 1973
Camaro right down to the candy apple metal flake paint job.
Who cares whether some software designer "hates" or "likes"
downloading, or color, or glass TTYs, or whatever.   That should
be up to the hobbyist.

A sophisticated client/server model (which, if I'm not mistaken,
the original poster had backwards) would be a good start.  Perhaps
something can be built on one of the existing PD standards and
adapted to several platforms.  It would be nice, for instance, to
be able to support full BBS functionality (however a site wishes
to define it) over more than just voice grade dialed logins.
-- 
Tom Neff			UUCP: ...!cmcl2!phri!dasys1!tneff
	"None of your toys	CIS: 76556,2536	       MCI: TNEFF
	 will function..."	GEnie: TOMNEFF	       BIX: t.neff (no kidding)