Re: KFest 2006 report

["Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com>]

Eric Shepherd wrote:

> Well, the main value to Syndicomm's Apple II forum is that you can
> access it using pretty much anything, all the way down to a dumb
> terminal, as long as you can do telnet.
>
> That's the entire point, really.  A totally text-based forum that lets
> people using actual Apple IIs communicate with each other.
>
> We have the web interface, but that's just icing on the cake. :)

I  understand what you mean, but I'm not sure I agree that the
Apple II-accessible interface is the main value.

I think that Syndicom has real value to the community apart from
offering text-based interfaces.

Just as it would be silly to restrict a factory that makes Christmas
tree lights to using them to light the factory, thinking of Apple II
services as valuable just because they are accessible to Apple II
computers is a fallacy.

-michael