Subj : Re: Am I the only one dum
To   : vorlon
From : ACMEBBS
Date : Mon Jun 13 2022 00:37:00

-=> On Mon Jun 13 12:25:00 2022, vorlon wrote to ACMEBBS <=-

 >  > I read all the hype etc, but just wasn't willing to spend the
 >  > money they wanted (I think it came to over $150AUD).
 > Yeah, it just wasn't worth the effort for such a neich product. The
 > world of OS's had moved on.

True. Was/is a good product...but with other OS's there are...just not worth the money/time anymore.
 
 >  AC> Very true. Blew away the corporate...but had no idea on how to deal
 >  AC> with customers like us.
 > I never needed the support from IBM. When OS/2 was around, the bbs's with
 > lot's of support were as well. People at the time put the effort into
 > makeing things for OS/2 and enhancing things.

Remember those days. 

 >  > The hardware took leaps and bounds, yet IBM didn't do anything
 >  > to keep up or market OS/2 correctly.
 >  AC> True. Even today...it was true of being a better DOS than DOS &
 >  AC> making Win/OS/2 run like it should have.
 > 
 > I didn't bother with the Win support, I was more intrested in the native
 > OS/2 & DOS support. I ran Maximus/2 as the BBS, and went to the effort
 > of customizing the look and feel of it. There was a stock system in town
 > and users didn't think I was running the same software. #-)

Remember Sean D in Oklahoma City who used to run it. Having been roommates at the time...he tried to show me how fantastic Max was.

.... Never put off till tomorrow what you can ignore entirely. 
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