Whilst screening hundreds of features, for a festival that must remain nameless, I came across a real tech geek’s gem. Its called “BBS”, and though I’ll be putting it in my short list for final selection, I fear that the rest of the selection committee is not tech savvy enough to see the import of this piece.
As with “The Cathedral and The Bazaar”, it’s a master work documenting the little known history of popular technology’s evolution.
BBS’ (Bulletin Board Systems) were where online community started.
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