Re: TriBBS needs to be released to the public

On Thursday, April 2, 2020 at 12:16:53 PM UTC-5, Domnia Jenn wrote:
> I know its dead, I know nobody cares anymore, and there are many others o=
ut there to choose from.  I just think as a former registered TriBBS sysop =
from the 90s, id love it if this software(and source) was uploaded somewher=
e public.  Least it die away on someones hard drive never to be remembered.=
 Google searching for stuff just brings you do this group, and to a 15yr ol=
d flame war.  Thats not how I want to remember tribbs.  Please release the =
source, whoever owns it. I have no dreams of it be resurected, or anyone ac=
tually working on it... but dont you (whoever you are) think this source co=
de should be released? Why is it hidden away and any improvments that were =
made are lost to the ether.  Its sad.  My BBS may have been over 20 years a=
go, but some of my fondest computing memories.

Wow, it's been a long time since I've seen a message in this group that was=
n't spam!

It is unfortunate that TriBBS died the way it did.  It too provided me many=
 fond memories in my earlier years of computing.

[Just a little more than] 15 years ago, when I learned the owner intended t=
o sell TriBBS, I was very eager to purchase so I could port it to 32-bit an=
d add built-in support for Telnet.  Alas, the owner never responded to any =
of my emails, despite having the time to participate in the flame war.  One=
 has to wonder how serious they really were about selling...

I agree, for nostalgia purposes, it would be nice for the source to be offi=
cially released somewhere public, like GitHub.

It seems like I did see a portion of the source (published to this group??)=
 at some point; It wasn't entirely complete, but gave you a view into the c=
ore components.