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From: newman@ut-emx.UUCP (Dave Newman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Best Commercial BBS for Mac Programmers (WHICH?)
Message-ID: <13595@ut-emx.UUCP>
Date: 31 May 89 19:16:28 GMT
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Reply-To: newman@emx.UUCP (David Newman)
Organization: UTexas Computation Center, Austin, Texas
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I started on CIS and GEnie at almost exactly the same time.  After
a little while, I found that I was using CIS lots more because I
could find things there without cursing at the software.  While any
system is ok once you have learned enough about it, the question is
which system is earier to learn.  I vote for CIS - even without the
Navigator.  With the Navigator, CIS is obscenely easy.

The main disadvantage to CIS is the cost.  They just instituted a
monthly charge for all users regardless of how much you use the 
system.  It is not high, but it is annoying nontheless.

Also, the coverage of the two systems is about the same except
for commercial support.  When I was using both systems, anything
that showed up on one would appear on the other within a few days.
Commercial support on CIS is big and getting bigger.  I haven't
used GEnie is a while, so I can't judge the situation there.

>>Dave