From: ggw@wolves.Durham.NC.US (Gregory G. Woodbury) Subject: Re: BBS Project -- Linux? Date: 17 Mar 1993 02:13:52 GMT
STMQ%MARIST@VM.MARIST.EDU (Michael Quigley) writes:
>Dear Linuxers,
>
>I have been receiving a lot of nasty mail from people complaining about
>my BBS software being released commercially. The development group and I
>are now having reservations about releasing it for Linux. While I have
>been getting a lot of positive feedback, the good and bad feedback are
>not in a ratio that I would like to see.
Well, I probably made a comment that seemed very negative, but I
really didn't mean it to be a flame. I pointed out that there is a lot
of BBS Software already available, both commercial and free, and that *I
thought* most of the Linux folk would be more interested in the
available free stuff, rather than in spending money for a commercial
product.
This should *not* discourage you from attempting the thing. Nor
should it be interpreted as saying you don't have a "right" to sell your
own work. (Far be it from *me* to argue *that* point!)
>I like Linux very much. When the software is done, I am going to run it
>under Linux on MY box. But if the Linux community is not ready to accept
>commercial software written for Linux, I am afraid I am going to have to
>port it to some dog like SCO to sell it. I don't want to have to do this,
>but this is a large project being worked on by several people, and I am
>afraid that I have sunk too much money into it to release it for nothing.
This is throughly understandable. I have no qualms about your
doing so, but for *just* a bbs package, I'd go elsewhere.
Now, the comments you have made about your mailer :-)
If the mailer is fully compatible with the existing standards,
SMTP, RFC822 et seq, UUCP, DNS, MX records and all that jazz, PLUS it
can deal with and communicate with FidoTechnology Networks, and other
BBS networks, all in one unified, and easy to configure package, then
even *I* would pay quite a lot for such a product.
If I had to buy the BBS system to get it, I'd be real tempted
:-)
But please! Do send me a summary and fact sheet (with prices)
for your BBS product. I do want to include it in the UnixBBS Software
FAQ.
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