Subj : BBS Software Timeout Values
To   : Rob Swindell
From : Dennis Scott
Date : Sun Apr 09 2023 04:35 am

  Re: BBS Software Timeout Values
  By: Rob Swindell to Dennis Scott on Sat Apr 08 2023 07:14 pm

 >  > What if there was a way for each Sysop to have an income from their BBS?
 >  > Maybe not getting rich but paying for their equipment and bandwidth, etc.
 >  > I think there is a way to do it and still keep the BBS system that's been
 >  > around for decades.
 >
 > You mean if something like paypal existed? It does. And sysops could require
 > payment for access if they wanted to. I don't understand your point.

No, not at all. What if each BBS all over the world was connected in real time in a distributed fashion. Think data center where there are many computers sharing a load, like Twitter and/or Facebook. On this new style BBS system, there could be everything just like it is now but there also could be a section similiar to Facebook Marketplace that charges customers a tiny fee per completed transaction or charges the seller a small fee to post the item. That fee would be distributed mainly to the BBS that hosted the transaction but a small part of it goes to the developer (Rob) for development costs. Say a user connects into the system, the system detects his/her physical location and instantly routes the "call" to the most local BBS. The user can do all the things that the user normally does but there is at least one new thing and that is the Marketplace.

Now you know why I was asking about dynamic nodes. To work, this system would need to be able to adapt to the load.

This new BBS system would not affect the currect BBS system at all. All of the BBSs running on old equipment would continue as normal but if a Sysop decides to be part of the new BBS system, they could, but there would some specific hardware and software requirements.

In the old, big days of BBS's, a couple guys thought outside the box. They developed Twitter and Facebook. What I'm talking about doing is thinking outside the box again... Craigslist is a little similiar concept except it's not centralized and it's not realtime not to mention that they don't do anything but facilitate selling and buying.

I wonder how many people told all those guys that it couldn't be done or wouldn't work? They're billionaires now.

Cheers,
Dennis

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