Subj : Re: Comparing BBS Software Again
To   : Alpha
From : Andre
Date : Wed Jan 27 2021 09:20 pm

On 27 Jan 2021, Alpha said the following...
 
 Al> Hey Andre! You'll def. get a lot of opinions here. The reality is, it
 Al> ends up being a personal choice as it's all being driven by everyone's
 Al> own needs/bias/preferences.

That's why I asked. :)

And I agree that it's personal choice. I tried to downplay my own beliefs and
opinions for that reason.

 Al> - Talisman (brand spankin' new) 

Hadn't seen this one. Will have to check it out.

 Al> - WWIV (oldie but goodie)

My old 90s board was WWIV. The past year or two of dev work has been great.
Just not sure I see a benefit to dragging along all that legacy code/config.

 Al> 2. Community matters. Are there other sysops/users actively engaged in
 Al> conversation and experimentation? Are they helpful?

I'm not seeing a lack of response from the big three, but to be honest I
haven't frequented the non-Mystic echos much because I've only had a Mystic
board the past year.

 Al> 3. Open Source vs. Closed Source: I used to care alot about this, but the

 Al> 4. Can you hack it? I mean, customize it. No one wants a BBS that looks

You know, I don't much care about open vs closed, or even much about hacking
anything beyond the menus. But the worst thing about Mystic and the best
thing about Enigma 1/2 is the ability to see the backend and submit a bug
report or fix.


- Andre

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A46 2020/08/26 (Raspberry Pi/32)
 * Origin: Runaan BBS (21:3/117)

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