On 10 Jun 18  20:26:41, Alan Ianson said the following to Nick Andre:

AI> Mystic is not open source. I think it was for a short time but not now. It 
AI> very much g00r00's software and I think he and the users of the software li
AI> it that way, and that approach works well for Mystic and lots of software,
AI> D'Bridge included.

I've only had a few exchanges with G00r00 / James Coyle and he is a very good 
programmer, very tech... thats the impression I have.

Mystic is not my cup of tea but it is amazing and cool to see that it attracts
the newcomers or past Sysops back to the hobby.

AI> I am a linux guy myself though not very techie. I don't dislike windows I 
AI> prefer linux. After OS/2 went bye bye I made the switch to linux.

I was a huge OS/2 fan for many years until I made the switch to Windows 2000 
at the time. It was a switch out of necessity, really. I think I wrote about 
that a few times here. If I could of stuck with OS/2 in the way that I wanted 
to have it ran, I would have.

AI> If they care to, yes. Having those people on board is key to open source. E
AI> without maintenance software can find itself in an unusable state.

For sure anyone is welcome to work on an open-source project, but it is rare
that there are people who can work on the Fido stuff. It has been my 
experience supporting users that they prefer to have one neck to strangle 8-)

Nick

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