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- From: kilroy@acme.gen.nz (earthbound misfit, I)
- Subject: Re: Coherent - the ultimate BBS in itself?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov22.202214.15502@acme.gen.nz>
- Date: Sun, 22 Nov 92 20:22:14 GMT
- Organization: ACME BBS - Public Access Usenet, Palmerston North, New Zealand
- References: <1992Nov20.175122.12501@netcom.com>
- Keywords: BBS
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- messina@netcom.com (Tony Porczyk) writes:
-
- > interest since I would like to set up one also. It struck me,
- > however, that most posts seemed to suggest a DOS BBS model ported to
- > unix platform, which to me would be a step back. After thinking about
- > it for a sec I realized that unix offers a superior model for BBS just
- > in itself, simply by implementing tools that are already there. With
- > some functions written for ksh all of the average good BBS functions
- > could be duplicated having an advantage of being invokable from
- > anywhere (command line) without having to cruise through maddening
- > menus.
-
- Sorry, I'd have to disagree. The typical BBS user is about as thick as two
- short planks, and can't cope with anything remotely complex in terms of user
- interface. If you want people to call your system and not all those MSDOS
- BBSs you need a good user interface. I personally prefer working from the
- shell, but for many people that's an order of magnitude too complex.
-
- - k
- --
- Craig Harding kilroy@acme.gen.nz ACME BBS +64 6 3551342
- "Jub'er lbh pnyyvat n obmb?"
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