Subj : Re: The Documentary...
To   : Deuce
From : Time Warrior
Date : Thu Aug 18 2005 12:03 pm

From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

  To: Deuce
  Re: Re: The Documentary...
  By: Deuce to Time Warrior on Wed Aug 17 2005 03:24 am

 > To: Time Warrior
 > Re: Re: The Documentary... By: Time Warrior to Deuce on Tue Aug 16
 > 2005 20:41:00

 >  > Seeing as Synchronet is open source, it boggles my mind why somone hasn't
 >  > taken it and made another BBS Package with it. I lost count of how many
 >  > people back in the day would have loved to get the Renegade source code.
 >  > that a VERY POWERFUL software is available and open source, there doesn't
 >  > seem to be any interest.

 > Well, a few reasons spring immediately to mind: 1) It can all be
 > programmed with BAJA/JS... what more source do you need? 2) Very few
 > bits are hardcoded, you rarely need to modify the program to cha
 > stuff the user sees... what more source do you need? 3) It already
 > comes with user "emulation" of other popular BBS packages... w more
 > source do you need?

 > None.  None more source.

Good question. Fortunately, I have the answer. I've lost track of "I don't 
like the way Synch does this" or "I wish Synch did that" and the Sysops that 
say this, if Rob doen't agree, are simply stuck. As for the programmers, alot 
of them instead of making Synchmods or taking the Synch code and making their 
own BBS Package, try (and fail) to bring older open source packages up to 
speed because they prefer the Sysop interface of those better.

Seeing as your point that Synch can look like an do anything is true, and 
Synch is open source and powerful -- this not only applies to configuration 
but also applies to unsatisfied programmers as well. If an old school 
programmer would rather Synch did alot of things differently then it just 
amazes me that they haven't taken the code and granted their own requests.

As for my opinion -- it would just be nice if Synchronet had alittle 
competition. Synchronet is great but new packages that are equally powerful 
would show that the scene is truly on an upswing. I think it's on an upswing 
(albeit slowly) but alot of people disagree. Some competition might get 
people motivated which overall, would be good for the BBS Scene as a whole.

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