Hello Michiel.

11 Nov 02 09:17, you wrote to me:

 RT>> Well to start with fix the *C level Nodelist compilation
 RT>> software so that it
 RT>> is no longer broken, and there after the sky is the limit.

 MV> How does fixing the problem at the *C level give an incentive to the
 MV> 100.000 sysps and points to replace their software?

Well, FidoNet runs on the nodelist,  and currently, it is a /balls-up/.
You fix the nodelist, to allow /proper/ listing of ION's and it gives one the 
opportunity to clean the list up, so that all listings within it are to 
/standard/ no wayward interpretations allowed. This will give people writing 
FidoNet software the ability, but more important the confidence to write 
software and expect to have it work, without long periods of /beta/ testing 
to get it to work with other software written by other developers. Reason 
being they all have a solid starting point, a correctly compiled nodelist, 
without ambiguous interpretations doing them in because of a faulty 
/foundation/.

Russell

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