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[quote=Ragnarok post_id=2750 time=1737823993 user_id=194]

From the first day I saw WG, I knew it was the most advanced bbs of the time. But what happened was that it remained stagnant over the years due to maintaining this closed development model.
My question is: in 2025 is it still convenient to ...

A V10 module SDK is almost complete and will be on GitHub when done. I will make an announcement when it is ready.

It is a Visual Studio solution with a basic example V10 module.

I.am.intetesying in knowing what benefits you believe this would bring?

From my experience with both this and other projects, the theory that open sourcing it will suddenly bring developers from everywhere to start contributing has not actually happened.

If a developer wants to contribute to the ...

My deepest condolences on Rob's passing.

Unfortunately I never met him personally but I did speak with him via email and he seemed like a great guy.

Sadly we have lost another one of the original BBS pioneers but his work will continue to live on.

RIP Rob.

Dan,

I say this without ever seeing the code but..

Has any thought been given to having a single engine with each "version" being an expansion?

It seems to me like there are so many versions that an approach like this might make more sense if achievable.

Hi All,

In order to provide another avenue of support and continue to foster the community, a Discord server has been setup. Feel free to join by using this link: https://discord.gg/UhRk9xpq3Q

This will also hopefully alleviate some of the pressure on BlaZ as the frontline support person (for ...

Maybe it would be worth drawing a line the sand and putting out a working version that others can help give feedback on. Otherwise you might end up tinkering forever only for nobody to be able to use it.

Hi All,

Due to personal reasons, I will be taking a step back from the day to day running of all things MBBS for a period of time.

BLaZ has kindly agreed to help moderate the web forums here and Questman will help provide activation codes for new system requests. Please not that requests for ...

When is it happening? During cleanup or everytime you try and launch the BBS?