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    NA> On 27 Mar 21  10:14:00, Marceline Jones said the following to T.J.   
    NA> Mcmillen:    
    MJ> The information is cited from the program documentation.   
      
    NA> Can I politely ask what version documentation you are citing this   
    NA> from?    
      
   D'Bridge EMAIL System Single-line v1.58 (5 April 1994).   
      
   05/04/1994  01:00p              10,856 DB-USA.TXT   
      
    NA> When I obtained the code in 2005-ish, the first thing I did was make   
    NA> it  freeware. Word of mouth quickly spread and this echo exploded in    
    NA> traffic, everyone being excited to see it being worked on again. There   
    NA> have been many releases since then. The most recent was...  yesterday.   
      
   By 1999 the BBS scene was dead. By 2005 we are looking at fossilised remains.   
   By that time people already moved on to Argus. It would have been noble if   
   open-sourced earlier, but instead it was done at a time when it was useless.   
      
    NA> I've had Sysops offer to pay me for adding BinkD and TIC processing,   
    NA> offers  to pay me for support which I've very politely declined. I've   
    NA> answered international phone calls for troubleshooting, replied to   
    NA> countless emails and Netmails...  and never took a dime.   
      
   Were those offers made before or after you added those features ?   
      
   Did you decline because you did not want the obligation and/or accountability   
   of supporting D'Bridge ?   
      
    NA> Ward will tell you enthusiastically... "Best pizza I ever bought".   
      
   That is because he is a true believer.   
      
   I on the other hand take a dim view of crippleware.   
       
    MJ> D'Bridge was not free and Nick Andre was not the original author.   
      
    NA> Everyone knows this... I'm sensing some hostility or a need to split   
    NA> hairs.    
    NA> A famous Canuck band sang We're here for a good time, not a long time.   
      
   There is also the saying "Forgive but don't forget". People act as though   
   D'Bridge is the best thing ever, and readily praise and come to its defense.   
   But I remember a time when people were incentivised to snitch on SysOps that   
   violated evaluation agreements. My view is snitches get stitches.   
      
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