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From: Lloyd.Woodall@f91.n343.z1.Fidonet.Org (Lloyd Woodall)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: RE: BBSs
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Date: 26 Mar 91 05:57:09 GMT
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Andrew Loweredstern writes concerning NeverLinkPro:

The system DOES NOT crash.  If you judge a product on a 2 year old version,
go ahead and sound like a complete idiot.  The Zmodem transfer speed is the
fastest available.  Of course, you wouldn't know anyway.  

......Well that seems to be an ununusal statment.  The very LAST NLP BBS in my 
area threw in the towel just two months ago.  He was running all the latest,
and he had been a NLP Sysop for about 2 years, and a BBS Sysop for 8 years. 
His comment was "He was just tired of having a product that crashed".  He
wanted to run it, but just gave up.  That makes the score for the area BBS:
Hermes = 34
NLP    =  0

My e-mail today contained a validation request from another former NLP Sysop
from Alaska.  He quit NLP and changed to Hermes.  Now 'cmon, the numbers have
to say something...It's like voting, and it is obvious what system most sysops 
prefer.

I hope that both NLP and Hermes authors are driven by the competitive spirit
to improve their efforts.  It can only help the Sysops and the users.  I wish
both products much success.  Hermes and NLP seem to me to be from two entirely 
different philosophic viewpoints...NLP is very configurable, and thus a Sysop
can customize his BBS.  This can be good, depending on the Sysop, but it makes 
the possibility of the user having to "relearn" how to use each NLP BBS. 
Hermes, on the other hand, does not allow the customization, but each Hermes
BBS will have the same command structure.  Two different approaches...Both
have advantages and disadvantages.

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