Subj : What I Don't Like About Synchronet
To : Andrew Clarke
From : Mvan Le
Date : Fri May 04 2007 01:56 am
ac> Part of the problem with the Maximus/Squish code when
ac> it was released was that it no longer built properly on
ac> the operating systems it already ran on
ac> (DOS/OS2/Win32). I don't know if the situation has
ac> changed since then, but certainly the main driving
I successfully built Squish & Maximus for DOS & NT. Dropped the ball with OS/2.
ac> factor behind Maximus development was to get it running
ac> on Linux, not add new features.
ML> Hypothetically if I contracted dozens of dedicated
ML> Chinese/Indian/Russian students AUD$5k pa to develop Maximus it
ML> would easily be better than Synchronet. Money is a powerful
ML> catalyst.
ac> That sounds like a good advertisement for Synchronet.
Great. So I can be the only SysOp on earth (alive) that has Maximus. MuahahAHA
(evil laugh) and everybody will have to log on to MY bbs if they want to see it
and get support. Artificially induced scarcity hikes up value baby.
Come see Maximus before it goes extinct (!). I can charge a logon fee.
--- Maximus 3.01
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