The TEXTFILES.COM BBS Timeline: 2000

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January 16, 2000
Patrick Spence, hands the reins of development of Renegade BBS Software to Jeff Herrings.
Reasons for giving up on Renegade, by Patrick Spence:
2000年01月16日 Its that time. 
I know I have said for the longest time that when I decided to quit 
working on Renegade, that I would bury the source and there would be 
no further work done. I have had a change of heart. I have selected
a sucker -ahem- fine programmer to replace me as active programmer. 
Both my partner Gary and I have decided that we are going to start 
working on newer projects, but don't want to see RG die. 
The new programmer is named Jeff Herrings jeffh@ariven.com and he 
will be taking over production and work on RG as of today. 
Gary and I will still keep our hand in, as we are retaining copies 
of the source code, and I will remain as someone who can answer Jeffs 
questions about the code to help him get up to speed. 
Now we get to the reasons.... 
1. I said from the beginning that I was working on the code for ME, 
 not for anyone else, and having rude people writing me because I 
 don't do things their way or at their speed is annoying. Well I 
 haven't run a bbs in over a year, so I guess updating a bbs 
 program that I don't use is not the way I want to spend my time. 
2. I am disappointed in several people who volunteered to help. If 
 I can't get people to help test stuff, there is no point in 
 working on it either, since I can't catch all the bugs, nor can
 I spend all my time working on a free program. 
3. I have new ideas that I want to implement, that I cannot 
 implement in a dos programming world. 
(The Above is copyright 2000 by Patrick Spence, All Rights Reserved)

February 21, 2000
RemoteAccess BBS version 2.60gamma 1 is Released. This provides needed Y2K fixes to the software.

February 28, 2000
Quintus Corporation pays 290ドル million and purchases Mustang.com, makers of the Wildcat! BBS Software and related products.
Quintus Corp., a Fremont-based provider of customer relationship
management solutions, has agreed to buy Mustang.com Inc. of Bakersfield
for 290ドル million based. Quintus aims to leverage Mustang.com's e-mail
management products. Quintus will exchange .793 shares of Quintus common
stock for each outstanding share of Mustang.com common stock, representing
a 48 premium over Mustang.com's Feb. 25 closing price.

Source Quintus Press Release