Subj : fresh new Linux BBS
To   : Scott Street
From : Andy Alt
Date : Thu Jun 11 2026 11:15 pm

-=> Scott Street wrote to Andy Alt <=-

 AA> I like C. Can I see? You have the project online anywhere?

 SS> No, project not is online.  I'm not sure when I will make it open
 SS> source. I'll have to finish at least version 1.0 and go from there.

 SS> The original goal, when I started coding it, was to replace Mystic BBS.
 SS>  I liked may of the features, hated others (namely having a
 SS> "configuration" program that I have to run to make changes).   Being a
 SS> long time UNIX guy, I like plain text configuration files.  I can edit
 SS> them with my favorite text editor and source control them.  I dealt
 SS> with the config program for Mystic as the BBS itself is pretty good -
 SS> but fast forward to now, and the author has been AFK for over two years
 SS> and more.  Dozens of features left unfinished, bugs unfixed, etc etc.

That sounds pretty reasonable. TBH, I don't have any plans to run a BBS, but 
I'm curious and like to look at new and shiny things. Feel free to ping me 
@andy5995 on GitHub anytime you're ready.

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-Andy
Website: https://andy5995.github.io


.... GitHub == Open Source == Microsoft == wtf?
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