Subj : Re: The Documentary...
To   : Frank Vest
From : Time Warrior
Date : Sat Aug 06 2005 10:54 pm

From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

  To: Frank Vest
  Re: Re: The Documentary...
  By: Frank Vest to alt.bbs.synchronet on Sun Aug 07 2005 01:32 am

 > To be honest, and in my own humble opinion: What "we", the BBS Sysops,
 > programers and other developers, need to be careful about is to not lose
 > the things that made "us" (see definition of "we") what we are. One
 > critical thing, IMHO, is the security that BBSs have. It's more likely
 > that you will die in a wreck than to get a virus from a BBS. Other
 > security risks seem to be less as well. It's estimated that an
 > unprotected computer on the inter net will last a few seconds before
 > being hit. I can sit on my BBS via dial-up for all day and not worry.
 > <wink> Even via telnet, being attacked just don't happen. I laugh when
 > those "security check" site (DSL Reports and such" flash that warning
 > that I have a telnet port open and could be hacked. :)

 > At any rate, I hope the developers of the future keep that level of
 > security in mind. To me, this is one of the major problems with Internet
 > and a major downfall.  Not to mention, of course, spam and such.

 > Ok. That's my $.02. Keep the change. :)

I completely agree. SSH would be nice tho! :-) <G>

Really, among many other things, what I think makes a BBS a TRUE BBS, is:

 - Being backed by an exe application (web script so-called bbs's dont 
   impress me much)
 - Echomail Networks and local forums that actually support a "valid to 
   field" (privately run forums with good security measures eliminate the 
   whole "spam" issue.)
 - A sense of community and cooperation (piss off enough people in The BBS 
   Scene and you'll be ejected from it by default. The rest of the internet 
   does not hold such consiquences and premotes flaming and harassment for the 
   pure and simple fact that one can do so and get away with it. The alt.bbs
   groups are the only ones on the net that i see with little to no spam and 
   flamer problems, in comparison with other groups on Usenet.
 - ANSI / Telnet support doesn't nessarily make or break a BBS but I think 
   even if in the future no one uses it, it needs to stay implimented as a 
   reminder of just how much went into getting from where we were to where we 
   are. That all this didn't happen over night and didn't just magically 
   appear one day in the late 90's out of nowhere.
 - One Liners, Door Games, BBS Lists, BBS-Style File Areas that support 
   file_id.diz and other similar aspects that set a BBS apart from 
   "everything else". 
 - The constat and enforced exchange of knowledge and encouragement for 
   learning and researching to expand your mind, solve problems and be 
   productive.
 - Alot more that I don't feel like listing.

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