John,
This is kind-of a hard call......
(I accidentally clobbered the last message - mid stream - this is the
continuation)
Additionally - (and perhaps more importantly) - it would take a GREAT
DEAL of the load off of you (if it went GNU) and you'd get a host of
people who woudl work on it.
IMHO - STN, despite the "dearth" of features, gets my vote.
It could go either way - spiff it up, run it from a HD, or go GNU. Big
question - how much TIME do you still want to spend on it?
I eventually had to give the BBS up - it was one of the hardest things I
ever did as I had poured so much of myself into it - but it was
ultimately the best decision for me.
As for you - it's your call.
I, for one, will be here regardless of the choice. If you did nothing
else, you've earned the respect and admiration of everyone here.
Jim
[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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