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- From: jabr@ra.cs.umb.edu (John M. Abreau)
- Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
- Subject: Re: Why we use Waffle
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.043252.18854@cs.umb.edu>
- Date: 21 Jan 93 04:32:52 GMT
- References: <C12u0C.266@techbook.com> <TTXmXB3w165w@1776.COM>
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- In article <TTXmXB3w165w@1776.COM> bob@1776.COM (Robert Coe) writes:
- >jamesd@techbook.com (James Deibele) writes:
- >> [Long, thoughtful, disquisition on the drawbacks of Waffle omitted]
- >>
- >> Regardless of whether you're running your BBS because you want people to
- >> use it or because you want to make a fortune off it, you want people to
- >> call it. Waffle is losing the battle. Pick up a copy of "Boardwatch",
- >> look at the features that other BBS programs provide.
- >
- >This brings up an interesting point: What percentage of the Waffle community
- >actually runs a BBS or cares about Waffle's ability to support one? For my
- >part, I use Waffle so that my wife and I can send and receive email and read
- >news. To me, the BBS support built into Waffle is more of a nuisance than a
- >benefit. Am I the oddball, or is there a sizable contingent of non-BBS Waf-
- >flers? At one time I thought that People Like Me were the intended user com-
- >munity for Chrome. Is the fact that Chrome doesn't exist a reflection of the
- >fact that not many of us (i.e., People Like Me) exist either?
- >
-
- I use Waffle as a domain server for BCS.ORG; it handles mail aliases for
- activists and staff of The Boston Computer Society, and will soon provide
- Usenet feeds for our various BBSes. Due to Waffle's single-line limitation,
- I don't support user logins at all; the only accounts are root and the
- various UUCP login accounts.
- John Abreau
- BCS Online Services Committee Internet Task Force
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