Subj : Re: Is binkp/d's security model kaputt?
To : Oli
From : tenser
Date : Tue Sep 21 2021 02:42 am
On 18 Sep 2021 at 11:47a, Oli pondered and said...
Ol> a> Why? The "current" software is kind of unfixable, it would require peo
Ol> a> with access to the current software's code having a desire to fix it.
Ol>
Ol> Apart from Mystic, most of the used software is open source. This
Ol> doesn't mean anyone will develop any desire to fix or improve anything.
Ol> But I doubt that starting something from scratch will be more successful.
I honestly don't care about Mystic. I can't run it on my systems,
and the author is a jerk who doesn't want to work with others.
Ol> a> It would also require said people working together...
Ol>
Ol> Yeah ... not happening.
This is the rub. The BBS community was always pretty insular and
didn't look outside of itself enough. The result is the state of
affairs now.
