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   Message 272 of 1,458   
   LEE GREEN to ROBERT WOLFE   
   Re: irex registration   
   19 Jul 11 18:43:10   
   
   ->TID: PX/Win v3.0pr5 PX28-1176M2   
   ->MSGID: 1:261/20 e8884f42   
   ->TZUTC: -0400   
   ->-=> LEE GREEN wrote to MIKE ROBERTS <=-   
   ->   
   -> ->-> the telnet and binkp protocols built into PX/Wins.  But, the way Hector   
   -> ->-> is, I doubt we will see that happening anytime in the near or distant   
   -> ->-> future.   
   ->   
   -> LG> Have you noticed that the PXW conferences have recently disapeared at   
   -> LG> Santronics?   
   -> LG> When I asked Andrea about it she said she would have to ask tech   
   -> LG> support (Hector?) what happened, I have yet to hear back an answer, I   
   -> LG> was actively helping someone in the conference get it setup when this   
   -> LG> happened so there is activity for new users of PXW.   
   ->   
   -> ->Both Andrea and Hector have said to me, right over the phone, that PXW   
   -> ->is done. It will never be upgraded and never again supported by them.   
   -> ->This does not sound good to me, but again, it is more along the way   
   -> ->Winserver is going, Not too much in the Fidonet or msg network way.   
   -> ->Mostly focusing on email stuff only. Including mailing lists etc. So one   
   -> ->never knows, but I don't think there is any plans beyond the PXW package   
   -> ->unless someone else writes it for network type messaging.   
   ->   
   ->They probably think that BBSing is dead and that there is no more of a    
   ->hobbyist need for their product anymore so they effectively dropped the   
   ->product line.  Which is really sad, IMO, since I think PXWins could    
   ->end up being as good a product as WINS is.  Again, just my opinion.    
       
   Heck, money is money what do they care where its generated from as long as it   
   keeps coming in even if its not as expensive as Winserver is and doesn't bring   
   in the money like Wins does.    
      
   ->... The chief cause of problems is solutions.   
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   -> * Origin: Omicron Theta * Grand Island, NY * fpsoft.net (1:261/20)    
       
       
       
   ...Take my advice, I don't use it anyway.    
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