Xref: utzoo comp.unix.xenix:10197 comp.unix.i386:3062 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!van-bc!oneb!kmcvay From: kmcvay@oneb.UUCP (Ken McVay) Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix,comp.unix.i386 Subject: Re: Using UUCP under a BBS system??? Summary: The problem is the assumption that we CAN "hack the way you like" Message-ID: <1927@oneb.UUCP> Date: 19 Feb 90 23:27:56 GMT References: <2959@murtoa.cs.mu.oz.au> <511182@nstar.UUCP> <237@elrond.locus.com> Lines: 27 In article , peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) writes: > Sure, there are a handful of interactive programs you have to hack, but > > Really, what's the problem? The "problem" is that many of us (new to unix) folks neither know what, where, or HOW to "hack," nor do we WANT to. And, if I may be so bold to make a prediction, as more and more "illiterati" join the ranks of 386-owning, *IX- running system administrators, the demand for hackless uucp-capable, news- reading bulletin board systems will increase sharply....as will the desire to provide them. I'm delighted that you enjoy programming - we couldn't get along without you - but I don't, and products that require me to do so won't fly. This is not to say that those who have worked so hard to provide the systems that DO exist aren't appreciated - they are - but their systems never achieve full potential on "no-hacker" systems, and never will. As hardware costs come down, and o/s costs follow, the need for friendlier bbs software will increase...hopefully it will one day reach the friendly functionality of Opus, Fido, QBBS, RemoteAccess, PCBoard and RBBS-PC :-) -- 1B Systems Management Ltd. | 4B - 2520 Bowen Road, Nanaimo, B.C. V9T 3L3 Kenneth McVay | Voice: 604-758-7414 | Envoy: ken.mcvay | RCSA: 89:681/1 ------> uunet!van-bc!oneb!kmcvay |