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From: drudman@hpcc01.HP.COM (Drew Rudman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Re: Lets sum up! (was: Apple II BBS discussion)
Message-ID: <1520031@hpcc01.HP.COM>
Date: 5 Jun 91 20:26:54 GMT
References: <1991Jun3.015823.27036@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Organization: HP Corp Computing & Services
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>"NOT"...grow up...It took me about 10 mins to figure out all the variable
>ProLine uses, and the ampersand comands...I don't even have a manual...i did
					   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>just fine.  With anything you have to take a little time to get used to
>it...but when you do, you know how it works.  Like you just can load up GBBS
>and start programming without looking at ANYTHING first, right...ok..here's
>one for you...NOT.

>Amrit

>==The Hindu Love Gods BBS - - - - Bloomfield Hills, MI - - - - 313/644-0481===
>ProLine:apollo@pro-hindugods     | Internet:apollo@pro-hindugods.cts.com     |
>UUCP: crash!pro-hindugods!apollo | ARPA: crash!pro-hindugods!apollo@nosc.mil |
>==============================================================================

Lets talk pirate boards, bonehead!  Just where did you get your copy of 
Pro-Line? I'm sure Morgan Davis would love to see this feed.

And who says a BBS has to be networked to be a GOOD bbs?  If I want feeds
from all over the country, I'll come here.  What if I want local stuff?  What
if I want a place to get Shareware and Freeware, or the latest cool text-file?
I think GBBS provides better facilities for these things.  Networked BBSs get
to be a nightmare with an overwhelming amount of messages, even if you
subscribed to one group.  I like a board that recieves maybe a total of 40
messages a day, not 400.  At 40 a day I can get by by calling every couple of
days, rather than every day religiously.

Every pro-line board I call is structured the same.  It is very boring.  I like
to call unique places with unique features.  ACOS based systems offer this
variety.  If Pro-Line people attempt to tweak the system to give it a little
flair (and I'm not talking about changing a menu layout), they get screwed
on updates.  No such restrictions with ACOS, since it is the operating system
that gets enhanced and usually doesn't conflict with changes you made.

Face it, the systems offer different things to different people.  Neither is
completely better than the other - so don't try to convince peoiple that they
are.

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