Re: Worldgroup v3.30 + Linux (Debian)

Yes you heard right.  Originally Gcomm made a Unix/Linux version of MBBS but
it never sold very many copies.  (In 12 years I've only ever come across one
person who had a copy of it and wouldn't open the box to let me check it
out.).  There has never been a c/s version (worldgroup) for UNIX released
although Stryker played around a bit with a port before he passed.  At that
time it was believed that MS was going to take a larger slice of the
backbone pie and a UNIX version would have been a waste of resource.

Sorry pal, but your best hope at WG x.xx on UNIX/Linux is an emulator either
w32 emu for debian or UNIX for windows if you want to go the other
direction.  If you ever come across the UNIX version of MBBS I'd love to
know.  I'm still searching.  I sampled it quite a bit at gcomm in Florida,
and at Majorware in Toronto and loved it.  When combined with a half decent
user accounting and management system in UNIX it's sharp and seemed to be
much more stable than a windows turnkey solution.

Regards

Rob
to email send to SysOp @  the sever below (sorry for hassle but I get 'nuff
spam already)
major . bbsindex . com

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"Exide Arabellan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> I've scoured the web looking for information on a WG v3.3 port, or
> perhaps even built-in support, and found neither. The last i heard was
> some long lost remanant version of MajorBBS was ported (and
> subsequently doesn't support the newer modules).
>
> If anyone has info about running WorldGroup v3.30 in Linux (Debian
> distro), i'de appreciate it. I'de like to steer clear of emulators if
> at all possible though. Thank you in advance.