Hi, Ward!

10 Jun 06 11:50, Ward Dossche said to Alex Shakhaylo:

 >> AS>> May be in your neck of the wood it's a museum, but it is not
 >> AS>> here.

 >> MV> If it isn't already, it soon will be.

 >> Sure. If we will not get rid of your destructive passivity it,
 >> definitely, will be.

 WD> Quite likely there is still quite a role for a Fidonet-type of
 WD> communication where you are and in most of Russia. There's no use in
 WD> disputing that I think.

I talk not about fts-type of communication (which, also, has a
great space for improvements), but about many silly restrictions
FidoNet has. They are guilty for FidoNet losing its location
under the Sun. With those restrictions, which worked somehow
when there was not any alternative, FidoNet is not competitive
nowadays. The other question is: isn't it too late .. It may be,
but I'd have a risk ..

 WD> Nevertheless, you are a bright guy who knows how the world more or
 WD> less functions. You know that your country is in a massive
"catch-up"
 WD> operation with the rest of the world, same as all the "back of the
 WD> woods" areas in Russia and other former Soviet republics. The internet
 WD> eventually will break through there at the same level as it is here
 WD> now.

Internet proceeded only because it had not silly restrictions and
regulations. It didn't "fall apart of its own weight", which is
what FidoNet was afraid of ..

 WD> At that point Fidonet is a gone'r except for the few diehards who give
 WD> it a semblance of life. Compare it to the radio-amateur hobby or
 WD> stamp-collecting.

It is because some short-sighted people limited FidoNet very strictly
at some point. At the start it was quite flexible and adjustable.

Bye, Sinc, Alex

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