On (15 Sep 02) Bob Short wrote to Steven Horn...

Hello Bob,

SH>  DS>   I like this wording even better than the one I proposed the other
SH>  DS> day.

SH> Let's see if Bob will buy it.

 BS> For the right price. I'll buy the Brooklyn Bridge.  ;-)

SH>  SH> "... volunteers.  From its early beginning in 1984 as a
network of a
SH>  SH> few friends in the United States swapping messages back and
SH>  SH> forth, it has developed into a global network."

 BS> How's this:

 BS> ... volunteers.  Beginning with a few friends exchanging messages in
 BS> 1984, FidoNet has grown into a global network consisting of thousands
 BS> of nodes.

Drop the "consisting of thousands of nodes". It designates a number.
What happens /IF/ Fidonet drops to 999 Nodes? Don't say that it can't
happen or that Fidonet will die before then. Remember, Fidonet started
with only a "few" Nodes passing mail... and as long as there are two
Nodes in two different places, it is still a "global network". :-)


Regards,

 Frank

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