Subj : Re: SSH on BBSes
To   : boraxman
From : tenser
Date : Thu Apr 21 2022 03:40:46

On 20 Apr 2022 at 07:43p, boraxman pondered and said...
 
 bo> Not disputing at all you can do this with Unix, though this is in the
 bo> context of a working environment where people can also collaborate. 
 bo> Some people when they connect to a system, are not looking to do work,
 bo> but purely communicate.

You mean like the Well? Or Grex? Or M-Net? Or SDF? Or...?  Those
systems were built purely for communications (well, SDF is a bit
more general purpose).

People have used Unix systems for purely "communications" purposes
for decades.

 bo>  te> This seems highly subjective, and moreover, with a suitable
 bo>  te> facade over the command line, it'd be indistinguishable.
 bo> 
 bo> It is subjective, but my opinion is based on having used both, and
 bo> finding the BBS system more amenable specifically for chat and messaging
 bo> and threaded discussions.  I haven't seen a counter example.  I know
 bo> someone (you?) provided an example, but I was unable to access it.

I thought you said you were going to keep trying?
ssh newuser@grex.org and run `menu` once your account is
created.

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