John,
This is kind-of a hard call......
1. I did what you're doing for years, (actually, it was an
internationally networked Atari 8-bit BBS running Pro - but you get the
pix - long hours for eff-all return!) I know it is a drain - and you
get to the point where you want to say "screw it!" and toss in the
towel.
2. I am not "married" to a particular solution - and I have examined
all of them I found (there being five-or-six "STN clones" out there)
IMHO, STN has them beat cold with the ease-of-use part. If you were to
come up with a new version - my wallet would fly out of my pocket so
fast it would leave scorch marks!
3. On the other hand - I'd like to see STN go GNU license, (for one)
I'd like to see how you did a lot of the slick things you do. (for
another) I'd like to see it work with the more current kernel builds,
and accept a wider array of "module" (driver) files. This would be
especially neet if it were based off of a "standard" module
configuration (like the ".o" files that RH uses) - so knowing what the
"base" version of Linux it was from, you could compile drivers for
whatever you needed. This way, those who need the IPSec,or PPoE, etc.
stuff could add it in.
Additionally - (and perhaps more importantly) - it would take a GREAT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Sales of ShareTheNet have dropped off almost completely. I believe this
> is
> because of the following factors (in order of precedence):
>
> o There are plenty of inexpensive hardware alternatives that do as great
> job
> of sharing your Internet connection.
> o STN does not support PPPoE, IPSec & other features
> o The STN web site is old & crummy
> o There has not been an update to STN in quite awhile
> o I'm sure there's more, but you get the picture.
>
> I've been working on a new version of STN for over a year, but I've come
> up
> against a very difficult technical problem - the newest kernel + the
> newest
> glibc just don't leave me enough room on the floppy for everything else.
> I
> spent time working with uClibc, but that has not panned out so far
> either.
>
> So, what to do? I'm considering releasing STN as an open source
> product.
> That is, I'll release the source code under the GPL, but still sell
> support
> for it. It will no longer require a registration code to run, but to
> get
> official support you'll have to register it.
>
> I'm worried that I'll get a lot of people saying "hey, I want my $70
> bucks
> back." Does anyone think this is a reasonable position?
>
> Would anyone on the list sign up to be a developer?
>
> Any suggestions, concerns?
>
> Regards,
> John Lombardo
>
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