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From: richard@gryphon.COM (Richard Sexton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Death to Portal
Message-ID: <14428@gryphon.COM>
Date: 8 Apr 89 20:06:53 GMT
Reply-To: richard@gryphon.COM (Richard Sexton)
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In article <16830@cup.portal.com> Doug_B_Erdely@cup.portal.com writes:
>Jimm:
>
>1) BIX isn't the same as Byte.
>2) You are wrong: bix is the best Amiga bbs, at least for developers.
>
>You've posted this sentiment a couple of times.  Why?
>
>WHY? Because I am tired of hearing people complain about Byte, yet doing 
>NOTHING about it! And PLINK *IS* the best. At least for what most folks want.

Most folks != developers.

>And if the developers moved off of BIX then there would be no question at all.

Ie, there IS a question about it now. Ie. BIX is where you hang out
if you are a serious developer.

I'd agree that for Joe Q. Averageuser PLINK is the best value for money
and while things may occasionally things get technical, BIX is where
you hang out if you're a serious dewveloper. Period.

8 to 1 Harv never talks to me again.


It's like this:

BIX is for developers
PLINK is where you go to download programs
GENIE is where you go when you cant find PLINK's number
and Compuserve is where Perry can be as commercial as he wants
and not get frapped for it.

And DO tell us how good portal is, while you're at it.

> Doug_B_Erdely@Portal.Cup.Com


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