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   -=> Dennis Scott wrote to Rob Swindell <=-   
      
    DS> No, not at all. What if each BBS all over the world was connected   
    DS> in real time in a distributed fashion. Think data center where   
    DS> there are many computers sharing a load, like Twitter and/or   
    DS> Facebook. On this new style BBS system, there could be everything   
    DS> just like it is now but there also could be a section similiar to   
    DS> Facebook Marketplace that charges customers a tiny fee per   
    DS> completed transaction or charges the seller a small fee to post   
    DS> the item. That fee would be distributed mainly to the BBS that   
    DS> hosted the transaction but a small part of it goes to the   
    DS> developer (Rob) for development costs. Say a user connects into   
    DS> the system, the system detects his/her physical location and   
    DS> instantly routes the "call" to the most local BBS. The user can   
    DS> do all the things that the user normally does but there is at   
    DS> least one new thing and that is the Marketplace.   
      
    DS> Now you know why I was asking about dynamic nodes. To work, this   
    DS> system would need to be able to adapt to the load.   
      
    DS> This new BBS system would not affect the currect BBS system at   
    DS> all. All of the BBSs running on old equipment would continue as   
    DS> normal but if a Sysop decides to be part of the new BBS system,   
    DS> they could, but there would some specific hardware and software   
    DS> requirements.   
      
   So, you're advocating for us all to be "assimilated by the Borg"...   
      
   That's a hard "I'll pass" from me.   
      
      
      
   ... Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again?   
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