Subj : Create message bases
To : Marceline Jones
From : Kai Richter
Date : Sun Mar 07 2021 11:36 pm
Hello Marceline!
07 Mar 21, Marceline Jones wrote to KAI RICHTER:
KR>> The split distribution allowed the user to decide if he wants to
KR>> pay the phone cost for the transfer or not. Thus it was very user
KR>> friendly.
MJ> That is why there were local registrations sites in each region. Also,
MJ> file distribution networks made these costs negligible.
File distribution networks pushed the files to the cheaper local area costs. But i still don't see the users need to download the documentation 3 times if they need the DOS, Windows and OS/2 version. This is at last a waste of resources, aka time and energy.
MJ> By the time GoldED went open source, telnet BBSes were prevalent.
And? As i said before, in other countries we had to pay for every local call and telnet access means IP access and Internet flatrate wasn't there in POTS/NGN migration time.
KR>> When golded went open source the voluntary code contributors
KR>> continued those concept. Let me guess, they like coding much more
KR>> than writing documentation. ;-)
MJ> Not packaging their software properly shows they take no pride in
MJ> their work.
I don't know what they take. But pride is not in the list of my guesses.
