On Monday, January 15, 2001 at 12:51:57 PM UTC-5, Don Barr wrote:

First off, the guys that bought Galacticomm paid a lot of money for it. For them to just "give it away for free" is not an option for them. Worldgroup
to them is an asset, with plenty of value left in it, which is proven by the simple fact that they DID sell plenty of those $1,995 24-user Worldgroups to businesses and government entities. The fact that the hobbiest/sysop was
left out in the cold at that price doesn't really enter into it for them, because they are looking at straight sales revenue/month model.
Secondly, Worldgroup, although it needs updating, isn't as obsolete as you might believe. NetVillage looked at a lot of the ASP competition (and you
can too), and was able to demonstrate to its customers that Worldgroup and its add-ons provide a lot of functionality when compared to other ASP offerings out there. NetVillage is making money with WG as an ASP platform, and probably will continue to do so for the forseeable future.
Thirdly, as an old BBS sysop, you better than anyone should know all the
uses to which a hobbiest / business / charitable organization / etc. can put a BBS to use. We still have plenty of business customers going strong with WG, using it for file transfer, forums, tech support boards, etc etc etc. - thats why we
decided to take on the task of bring WG back to the masses. Yes, "the internet is free" and yes, "Linux is free", but anybody that has to pay a linux guy to develop
applications for them knows that certainly isn't for free. WG is a tool -
it has certain things it is good at and those are what you use it for. Finally, I guess I have to point out that WG must have something that you can't get out on the internet for free, because you are looking to get the software and go to all the trouble to set a system up :)
Don

It seems to be that Netvillage.com stole and is using Major BBS Source Code. If you telnet to demo.netvillage.com their menus is the same as Major BBS. Netvillage does not own Major BBS source code.

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