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- From: T0FG000 <T0FG@UNB.CA>
- Subject: DTS-0001, the BBS <=> Doorware proposed standard
- Message-ID: <27JAN93.20508086.0080@UNBVM1.CSD.UNB.CA>
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- Sender: usenet@UNB.CA
- Organization: The University of New Brunswick
- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 22:59:20 GMT
-
- Allow me to clear something up for Mr. Pirelli. I have absolutely
- no objection to proposing standards or adopting already existing
- standards in any application. I feel my contribution to the
- DTS-0001 proposal is in bringing about the inclusion of existing
- standards into it.
-
- BUT - you have a MUCH larger picture of what you would like to
- standardize than the DTS-0001 standard was ever conceived of
- covering. Allow me to reiterate a concept mentioned in another
- message: DTS-0001 ONLY affects the interface of the calling BBS to
- the external programs (or doors). It is clear that this area is
- important to anyone running a DOS-based BBS. Under other operating
- systems, this problem may already be sufficiently covered not to be
- the nuisance it is under DOS. (An operating system that wasn't
- anticipated to be as popular and long-lived as it has been... it is
- here, and those who use it must live with it.)
-
- If you wish to continue a thread that covers more general topics
- such as
- standardization of BBS design from the ground up, please remove the
- reference to DTS-0001 from the subject line to minimize confusion,
- except where its presence is relevant.
-
- To summarize: this standard is not intended to affect the operation,
- design or use of the target external BBS program, except its
- interface with the BBS software. Mail standards issues are only of
- interest in the area of data type and size. Interconnectivity
- issues are not relevant except where the BBS needs to communicate to
- an external program.
-
- As for Fidonet being broken... well, its popular on 6 continents so
- far. In addition, there are dozens of other smaller networks in
- existence
- as well. The purpose of this standard is not to change any aspects
- of any of these networks, but rather to be compliant in terms of
- data types such that BBSes that must use dropfiles can communicate
- to the external program.
-
- After all, the problem definition was to alleviate the problems
- introduced by the myriad of dropfile formats mentioned in the
- standard. If the system you envision does not use dropfiles to
- communicate to external programs, you are probably reading the wrong
- document.
-
- Will.
-
-
- ---------------------------------------- William Burrow
- Internet: t0fg@unb.ca |
- will@p1.f14.n255.z1.fidonet.org | I'm not UNB, thats
- Fidonet: 1:255/14.1 | someone else...
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