25.0 Comment From The Author

25.0 - COMMENT FROM THE AUTHOR
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            While SPITFIRE is a full-featured BBS software package, there
        are additional features that can be added.  SPITFIRE is not designed
        to have every whistle and bell possible.  There are already other BBS
        software available that attempts to provide all the whistles and bells.
        SPITFIRE is designed, written and upgraded with a simple, fast,
        get-the-job-done BBS package in mind (the KISS system).  SPITFIRE will
        more than do the job for you.  However, plans are already in the making
        for improvements and additions.  Hopefully, with your help, SPITFIRE
        will continue to improve without the loss of its simplicity.

            There were many people who offered suggestions and discovered
        problems during the development of SPITFIRE.  It would be nice to list
        the names of those people but surely I would leave someone out.  I do,
        however, feel it important to make note that Jacque Shipley kept track
        of all the changes and improvements in SPITFIRE version 3.7 and
        spent a tremendous amount of time revising the manual.

            As mentioned earlier, SPITFIRE is written in Borland's Turbo
        Pascal and linked with Assembler code.  This entire program was written
        by yours truly (Mike Woltz).  It has taken over seven years to get
        SPITFIRE to this point (maybe I'm slow).  This opportunity is taken to
        thank my wife Ann, my children Mason, Jesse and Amanda for tolerating
        the countless number of hours that were spent writing and testing
        SPITFIRE.  I also would like to mention my grown children, Matthew,

        Joell, and Sue, as well as my grandchildren, Joshua and Lexie.  Lord
        knows, I could be a better husband, father and grandpa.  Most
        important, I thank God for my family and giving me the ability to
        write SPITFIRE.

            This opportunity is taken to thank each Sysop who has gone to
        the expense of registering SPITFIRE.  I have had the pleasure of
        meeting and working with thousands of people in my life.  I think
        I am safe in saying that for the most part, SPITFIRE Sysops are SUPER,
        top-shelf people.  Without these Sysops' support, patience,
        cooperation, etc., none of this would be possible.

            I would like to mention one last thing that has become a concern
        to me.  After putting over eight years of my life into SPITFIRE, I
        have attempted to keep the cost of this software as reasonable as
        possible.  I have noticed lately that there are many third party
        utilities, etc. being written for SPITFIRE and I have also noticed
        that in some cases the registration fee for these utilities is nearly
        half the cost of SPITFIRE.  It doesn't seem right to charge $20.00 to
        $35.00 for a SPITFIRE utility that can be written in a day or two and
        I would ask those authors to attempt to keep their prices comparable
        to the SPITFIRE project.  No rip-offs, OK?  Thank you!

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