Re: Conference Traffic

> I agree, there is no BBS out there than can meet the masses but think of this
> "system"
>
> Imagine being networked to 1000's of systems for messages and files.  You joi
> a few networks/groups and every day you wake up to new messages and a bunch o
> video's, music, and books of your taste via FTP dumps.  This is not too hard
> and is already done on a small scale through Fido and UseNET. This would spel
> the end to Kazaa or limewire type networks

I do it thru FidoNet, MicroNet and GatorNet now.

> Imagine having your own e-mail server.  already done.

Have my own Email server as well

> Imagine a search engine ,like google, that searches thourgh networked BBS's
> file and message databases instead of the current internet.

Haven't done anything with search capabilities on a networked basis yet.

> Imagine having a BBS instant messanger which is networked to 1000's of BBS
> systems and their users

We are talking about adding this feature using Virtual Live

> Imagine a real-time networked BBS systems list which you simply click on the
> system and it takes you there. To a web page or a telnet session. Synchro has
> this currently

So does my Virtual Advanced

> Imagine being able to click on an online user on a bbs and talk voice.

Now that would be cool

> There's quite a few of these, but the main point is technology has been
> directed to business models that favor a few.

And speaking for the software I run, a lot has already been discussed and has
either already been added, is on the to be added list, or outright rejected for
one reason or another. Some you mentioned may be put on the to be added list
who knows.

> Think about it, Who has the largest bbs?  The largest BBS is America Online,
> MSN.com, and Yahoo.com.  These are BBS's.  But not one's we can run on our ho
> computer.  Why not make a Yahoo.com or MSN.com that can support less users bu
> can be run on a single X86 machine?  Let me choose the plug-ins, news I want,
> files I want, everything I want, on my own computer? This can be done if the
> will and leadership is there.  But Content Management Systems are not the way
> to go... Because they are not independant systems which can survive without
> internet search engines.

I don't consider America Online, MSN.com or Yahoo.com as BBSes at all, first of
all, none of those 3 can handle doors, yet all bbs software can, secondly they
have thier own network true, but they can't add say fidonet to thier respective
systems. Third, there is no sysop for any of those 3. To me those 3 points
disqualifies them as being BBSes, they are simply overgrown webpages.

- Scotty
- Deep Space 69 BBS
- telnet://nwebt.com

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