<s>
Originally	O
created	O
by	O
Herb	O
Rose	O
,	O
Falken	B-Application
BBS	B-Application
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
few	O
BBS	B-Application
products	O
which	O
allowed	O
up	O
to	O
128	O
users	O
to	O
dial	O
into	O
a	O
single	O
system	O
(	O
running	O
DOS	B-Device
)	O
using	O
multiport	O
hardware	B-Architecture
,	O
requiring	O
no	O
external	O
multitasker	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
product	O
was	O
far	O
advanced	O
from	O
the	O
large	O
number	O
of	O
other	O
BBS	B-Application
systems	O
available	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
allowing	O
users	O
to	O
interact	O
in	O
online	O
teleconferences	O
and	O
multiplayer	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Herb	O
's	O
company	O
Info*share	O
struggled	O
to	O
market	O
this	O
product	O
against	O
the	O
already	O
well	O
established	O
Major	B-Application
BBS	I-Application
product	O
developed	O
by	O
Galacticomm	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
product	O
enjoyed	O
moderate	O
success	O
but	O
eventually	O
Herb	O
relented	O
and	O
sold	O
the	O
product	O
in	O
1996	O
to	O
Chris	O
Whitacre	O
of	O
California	O
who	O
continued	O
to	O
develop	O
the	O
product	O
on	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
platform	O
,	O
finally	O
discontinuing	O
the	O
original	O
DOS	B-Device
based	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ironically	O
,	O
in	O
2002	O
,	O
Falken	B-Application
was	O
again	O
sold	O
to	O
Michael	O
Polzin	O
of	O
WilderLand	O
Software	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
companies	O
which	O
actively	O
supported	O
the	O
competitive	O
Major	B-Application
BBS	I-Application
product	O
as	O
an	O
independent	O
software	O
vendor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
Falken	B-Application
was	O
a	O
cultural	O
reference	O
to	O
the	O
hacker	O
movie	O
WarGames	B-Application
.	O
</s>
