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From: jzitt@dasys1.UUCP (Joe Zitt)
Newsgroups: alt.bbs,comp.misc
Subject: Re: New Ideas in BBSes (No BS!)
Keywords: BBS Client Server Network
Message-ID: <8172@dasys1.UUCP>
Date: 8 Dec 88 22:16:53 GMT
References: <1217@cps3xx.UUCP> <12714@steinmetz.ge.com> <8083@dasys1.UUCP>
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In article <8083@dasys1.UUCP> tneff@dasys1.UUCP (Tom Neff) writes:
>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.

Note that the MAGPIE developers are working on creating a user-redefinable
command set. Any user would be able to completely design his/her own interface
to the system using a fairly simple command development language.

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Joe Zitt                                 Big Electric Cat Public Access Unix 
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