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From: rwm@atronx.OCUnix.On.Ca (Russell McOrmond)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Subject: Re: Paragon Fido BBS Software
Message-ID: <59316.665721118@atronx.OCUnix.On.Ca>
Date: Mon Feb 04 20:31:58 1991
Followup-To: Email
In-Reply-To: jma@beach.cis.ufl.edu (John 'Vlad' Adams)

In a message posted on 3 Feb 91 03:06:47 GMT,
jma@beach.cis.ufl.edu (John 'Vlad' Adams) wrote:
J'A>[personal opinion follows]
J'A>
J'A>I think DLG Pro sucks.  And that's not because I run
J'A>Paragon since I think other BBS programs such as TransAmiga
J'A>are quite good.  I don't like the mesage format, I don't
J'A>like not having a native mailer, I think it costs WAY too
J'A>much (especially for requiring the shareware program
J'A>Trapdoor to be FIDO compatible), and I dont care for the
J'A>attitude of the author.
J'A>
J'A>[personal opinion over]

[second personal opinion about to spill onto the net]

  I believe the exact opposite. (Execpt for your good comments about
TransAmiga).  The message format of Dialog is quite good, and it has
been proven that the INCLUSION of the 'mailer' into Paragon has
caused more problems than it's worth (Then again, the Session-handler
for PARAGON is famous in the Fidonet-Developers community - It was so broken
that EVERY mailer author had a problem with it at one time or another).
  The cost?  Since it has not been released yet, nobody has any definite cost
figures.  All that has been said DEFINITIVELY is that it will be UNDER $200. As
far as 'requiring' Trapdoor, this is another mis-conception.  ANY front-end 
mailer will work.  (While use of Welmat right now may seem restrictive due to
it's lack of ZedZap, this is a top priority to the Welmat Developers, and
will be dealt with.  At that time, there will be a Freely-distributable
Session handler to deal with.  I also think there will likely be other authors
putting their hat into the Freely-Distributable session handler 'market' as
there are other authors that Agree with 'freely distributable' but don't
agree with some of the other philosophies of the Welmat authors (Probably
expecially my "What's a Single Line" thing ;-)

  Also, I think all authors seem to have attitude problems.  I have found the
Dialog crew to be a lot more responsive to the views and needs of it's users
than the PARAGON authors.  There is even a PARAGON Hate-Mail Club ;-)

[Personal opinion mode off ;-) ]

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