M> I was in fidonet in 1994-1996 for a while.  I was new to being a sysop
 M> then and was running FrontDoor/Ra.  About a year ago I tried again, but
 M> just didn't have the time to stay with it.  Now I am back, and I want to
 M> make a difference.  I am a software engineer by trade, and I want to
 M> develop apps/utils for fidonet, but for the NEW fidonet, not the old :)

Good. One of the problem as /I/ see it...

FidoNet has been held back for many reasons. One of them is no development
on the technical side of the network and a hell of a lot of kludging of
things. It is time for the kludges to end and some /REAL/ technical
advancement to occur.

With best regards, Dale Ross.  E-mail: Dale.Ross{at}p1.f1.n379.z1.fidonet.org

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