Subj : Re: Lord IGM's
To : Greg Goodwin
From : Jason Hud
Date : Sun Jan 24 2010 10:13 am
> -> some cases that people come to rely on. I often wonder how many
> -> programs are out there that BBS sysops rely on for which they can't get
> -> tech support.
>
> I think aside from Syncronet and NTServer/Wildcat most of the other BBS
> sysops just dig into what they have knowing they will not get much support.
>
> And it is a shame that there are so many door games that lack support.
> Jas Hud mentioned the state of BBS's in the last ten years, which is the
> time I gauge on how long the Newton has been gone.
>
> In that case we have about 25% of the development companies still
> responding, and a few that don't, and everything in between in now freeware
> or the source is available.
>
> I get the feeling the trend to "release source code for the good of the
> community" was something that tended to catch on with departing people
> in the Newton scene but not so much the BBS scene. Shame really.
>
> My only gripe is some of those good products that you WANT to use, and WANT
> to register. I don't mind that improvements are not there, but it would be
> nice to actually be able to use it. Now those are a shame.
>
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well, these were their programs, they dont HAVE to release the sourcecode, and
sometimes i wonder if that would even be productive.
usurper's source has been released but there hasnt been any fixes for it's
very serious issues.
regarding requiring support.. i dont think that's an issue. most of these
games are very straight forward and if you setup the dropfile to go in the
right location they just plain work.
