Subj : RE: Re: Synchronet vs Mystic vs ??
To   : Nightfox
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Tue Apr 25 2023 17:49:30

  Re: RE: Re: Synchronet vs Mystic vs ??
  By: Nightfox to Tracker1 on Tue Apr 25 2023 01:11 pm

 Ni> I find that interesting, as I don't remember seeing any Synchronet BBSes
 Ni> in my area in the 90s (I hadn't heard about Synchronet until I was looking
 Ni> up BBS packages to start my BBS again in 2007). Many of the bigger BBSes

It's my theory that BBSes grew organically. Someone starts a BBS running package X, local callers, if they like it, choose package X when they start their BBS. Get enough BBSes going and you have critical mass.

WWIV and Forum were the two primary packages in 415 when I was starting out -- later Searchlight for small BBSes and PCBoard/TBBS for the pay boards.
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