<s>
Ezycom	B-Protocol
(	O
EzyBBS	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
shareware	B-License
bulletin	B-Application
board	I-Application
system	I-Application
(	O
BBS	O
)	O
application	O
first	O
introduced	O
for	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
by	O
Peter	O
Davies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
still	O
in	O
active	O
development	O
and	O
currently	O
being	O
developed	O
by	O
Stephen	O
Gibbs	O
and	O
the	O
Ezycom	B-Protocol
Development	O
Team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
current	O
version	O
of	O
Ezycom	B-Protocol
is	O
v2.15g2	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
21	O
April	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ezycom	B-Protocol
supports	O
several	O
features	O
that	O
make	O
it	O
"	O
easy	O
"	O
to	O
use	O
(	O
hence	O
the	O
name	O
)	O
including	O
:	O
multinode	O
operation	O
(	O
up	O
to	O
255	O
nodes	O
depending	O
on	O
license	O
type	O
)	O
,	O
network	O
and	O
multitasker	O
support	O
,	O
Fidonet-compatible	O
message	O
base	O
,	O
built-in	O
echomail	O
and	O
netmail	O
tossers	O
,	O
built-in	O
file	B-Protocol
transfer	I-Protocol
protocols	I-Protocol
and	O
QWK/Blue	O
Wave	O
offline	O
mail	O
support	O
(	O
including	O
offline	O
netmail	O
support	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ezycom	B-Protocol
is	O
being	O
used	O
with	O
the	O
DOS	B-Device
,	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
OS/2	B-Application
,	O
eComStation	B-Device
and	O
ArcaOS	B-Device
operating	O
systems	O
with	O
success	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
also	O
been	O
proven	O
to	O
work	O
under	O
Linux	B-Application
using	O
the	O
Dosemu	B-Application
emulation	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Peter	O
Davies	O
originally	O
developed	O
Ezycom	B-Protocol
BBS	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
his	O
master	O
's	O
degree	O
dissertation	O
in	O
1990	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
lack	O
of	O
time	O
to	O
devote	O
to	O
Ezycom	B-Protocol
's	O
development	O
,	O
Peter	O
handed	O
over	O
the	O
development	O
reins	O
to	O
Stephen	O
Gibbs	O
in	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
next	O
official	O
release	O
of	O
Ezycom	B-Protocol
was	O
v2.00	O
in	O
2003	O
,	O
which	O
included	O
several	O
Y2K	B-Error_Name
bug	I-Error_Name
fixes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Stephen	O
has	O
since	O
done	O
all	O
Ezycom	B-Protocol
development	O
.	O
</s>
