Bob wrote to Frank at 13:25 16 Sep:

 BS> On 16 Sep 02  09:07:07, Frank Vest said the following to Bob Short:

FV> Viability and vitality can be measured several ways. As example:
FV> Fidonet is a message network. If there are two Fidonet Nodes that
FV> produce dozens, maybe hundreds, of message a day each and pass these
FV> messages back and forth, is that not viable and showing vitality?

 BS> Frank, you're a true optimist.  ;-)

 BS> Do you really think this hobby could survive such a drop in member-
 BS> ship, before it sank due to all the holes left?  If we were to lose
 BS> 80 or 90%, it would be the true death knoll some of the doomsdayist
 BS> complain about.

 BS> Don't get me wrong... I'l likely be one of those few remaining... 

I think there's a strong probability that the last surviving five nodes of
Fidonet will still be fighting it out in FN_SYSOP -- long after all of us
have passed on to more productive ventures.


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