Subj : SBBS/W32 Kermit SABOTAGE
To   : Michel Samson
From : Stephen Hurd
Date : Thu Nov 04 2004 01:33 pm

  Re: SBBS/W32 Kermit SABOTAGE
  By: Michel Samson to Stephen Hurd on Thu Nov 04 2004 13:53:00

 >      Fifteen months have just past and they add to years of indifference
 > (a decade!) during which `MS-KERMIT' WAS READY FOR ~TELNET~ ALL ALONG...

For some strange reason, MS-Kermit doesn't run on ANY of the systems comprising
my BBS (FreeBSD, Linux with a 2.4 kernel, Linux with a 2.2 kernel, NetBSD, and
OpenBSD) Synchronet on the other hand does, as does gkermit and ckermit.

Vert, the OFFICIAL Synchronet BBS includes one Linux system... again, for some
odd reason, MS-Kermit fails to run correctly.

 20:      Rob Swindell FORCED eventual `Kermit' users to run $hareWare, which
 21: isn't a suitable way to promote it as an alternative to `ZMoDem' at all.

Both GKermit and CKermit are free in a sense that MS-Kermit isn't.  In fact,
unless I misremember, MS-Kermit comes without any documentation whatsoever, and
the manual costs something on the order of $45 US.  Curious what $sharWare Rob
"FORECED" kermit users to use.  My goal isn't to promote Kermit as an
alternative to ZModem, it's to support kermit users who for some reason cannot
use ZModem.  In my personal opinion, Kermit isn't a usefull alternative to
ZModem for BBS use, and I have no interest whatsoever in promoting it in any
way.

I am interested however in pointing out and correcting any misinformation you
accidently or purposely post.
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