Re: Re: Internet and FTN   
     By: Mro to Generalram on Mon Apr 02 2012 12:03 am   
      
    >   Re: Re: Internet and FTN   
    >   By: Generalram to Madcat on Sun Apr 01 2012 06:25 pm   
    >    
    >  > think BBSes like Fax Machines are a technology they cannot control.   
    >    
    >  > Everyone got forced into Internet usage and forgot about Arpanet the   
    >  > Internet came from was developed in part by governments. It was designed    
    >  > be a way of communication after a nuclear war or some other disaster. It   
    >  > had much better commercial uses and became the Internet. BBSes had to die   
    >  > because governments could not control or censor them. So they made the   
    >    
    >    
    > i dont buy into this conspiracy theory about bbses.  bbses went to hell beca   
    > bbses couldnt provide what people wanted. also bbs operators had the mentali   
    > that it was bbses vs the internet. most of them didnt consider adopting or   
    > merging with the internet.   
    >    
    > they had poor foresight and a poor handle on what   
    > people wanted at that time.  they were like an old man who refused to leave    
    > house even though a horrible hurricane was coming.   
    >    
      
   I have to say that BBSes were so great back in the day and yes the goverment   
   in my opinion could not control them. I also believe one of the down falls of   
   BBSes were that some BBSes well actually alot in my area in St.Louis was ran   
   by immature kids and Adults. I had the bad expereince that when I would call   
   a BBS and yes there was so many great ones but then you had the controling,   
   no lifes people that keep ruining the expereince. I think the internet was   
   going to happen no matter what as through time we all grow. Getting from Dos   
   black screens to actual pictures and such is a great improvement.  Now this   
   is just my opinion about some of these issues and how I feel that a part of   
   BBSes down fall was the sysops that ran them and gave the great sysops a bad   
   name. Long Live BBSes!!   
      
      
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