The internet killed them.
From: ANTant@zimage.com (Ant)
Subject: Re: The BBS days are long gone
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Gactimus <gactimus@xrs.net> wrote:
The internet killed them.
From: ANTant@zimage.com (Ant)
Subject: Re: The BBS days are long gone
:(
Gactimus <gactimus@xrs.net> wrote:
The internet killed them.
not really, some of us are still alive and kicking :)
From: ant@zimage.comANT (Ant)
Subject: Re: The BBS days are long gone
Robert Wolfe <robert.wolfe@wildcat.uuhec.net> wrote:
From: ANTant@zimage.com (Ant)
Subject: Re: The BBS days are long gone
:(
Gactimus <gactimus@xrs.net> wrote:
The internet killed them.
not really, some of us are still alive and kicking :)
Like which ones (the popular ones)? I know all my local ones are gone
Like which ones (the popular ones)? I know all my local ones are gone. :PSubject: Re: The BBS days are long gonenot really, some of us are still alive and kicking :)
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The internet killed them.
Like which ones (the popular ones)? I know all my local ones are gone. :
I don't think they are gone (apart from some telnet BBSes - honour to the I am currently working on a modern BBS system, written in PHP and
relying on common used technology like NNTP, Jabber and SMTP(S)/IMAP(S). Users can login on the web frontend - the BBS system - or connect
directly to the services with their clients.
What do you think about the approach to make a BBS system with modern technology?
I don't think they are gone (apart from some telnet BBSes - honour to
s!)
I think it developed. Look at Facebook. It's nothin different than a
BBS. And people became more and more lazy consumers - or the internet brought more and more to lazy consumers... Installing a client? OMG!
take the web frontend regardless if someone is collecting your data.
I am currently working on a modern BBS system, written in PHP and rel
common used technology like NNTP, Jabber and SMTP(S)/IMAP(S). Users c
on the web frontend - the BBS system - or connect directly to the ser
their clients.
What do you think about the approach to make a BBS system with
modern technolog y?
Let's see. Synchronet, Mystic, WINServer, BBBS -- all of these already
do the very thing you are seeing. At least two out of those are open
source and one is still supported shareware and three all multi-platform
and have one has source code available. So, why, I ask, are you trying
to reinvent the wheel?
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