Subj : RE: Wildcat 8
To   : Jeff Smith
From : Terry Roati
Date : Tue Sep 10 2019 09:42 am

Hello Jeff,

I totally understand where your coming from, I like you started with version 3
and moved onwards from there with a 15+ year from before the end of last year.

Wildcat has always been a commerical BBS software and was always at the top of
BSS software but as you know the internet changed everything.

I am glad Jim Harrer had the forsight to sell Wildcat to Santronics or else it
would also be gone. I am very sure all the Santronics commerical customers are
glad as well.

It's down to choice, pay for Wildcat or go another direction.

The good thing is you are still around and enjoy being a sysop. I guess for
you the challenge is run and configure a few BBS softwares.

16+ years ago I ago I had over 1000+ callers on 2.5 nodes, I was living in the
Philippines at the time and made a lot of life long friends, most being sysops
but also callers as we wouild have a couple of events every year.

That's the part I miss most, but luckily we still have a good bunch of sysops
left in Fidonet who love this hobby.


On Sep 09, 2019 02:10am, Jeff Smith wrote to Terry Roati:

 JS> Hello Terry,

 JS> Now days I run BBBS, Mystic, and Synchronet. With BBBS being the only
 JS> BBS software that I have paid money ($100) for it's use. The equivalent
 JS> current node version of Wildcat would cost me thousands.


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