Subj : Re: Favorite BBS software
To   : Eric Oulashin
From : Mark Hofmann
Date : Thu May 12 2016 08:52 am



EO> I'm just curious what everyone's favorite BBS software is? It's not my
EO> intent to start a flame war/argument, I'm just curious what BBS software
EO> you like and why. I've been running Synchronet (in Windows) since 2007,

I have a pretty long list of favorites.  Since I started BBSing and sysoping  
back in the early 80s on the Apple // side of things, there have been many 
systems that stood out.

One of the first on the PC side of the house that will always be held near and 
dear is WWIV.  To me, WWIV started many other favorites and one of the main 
reason I went with it back then was the ability to have the complete source 
code once registered.  You can turn it into just about anything you can imagine 
once you learned how to code.

That being said, I still run a highly modded classic WWIV system and always 
will.  There are several other BBS packages that I really like.  Mystic would 
have to be top of my list if I was starting out and wasn't running my classic 
WWIV.  I have even considered running a second BBS using it and still might.

So here is a list of some of my favorites:

WWIV, Mystic, Renegade, Oblivion/2, Vision/2, Celerity, Forum, Iniquity, and 
Synchronet. 

- Mark

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