-=> Bo Simonsen wrote to Jimmy Anderson <=-

 BS> Okay. But I think too many othernets is bad, because people
 BS> are anyhow in Fidonet, so why would we need othernets.

I don't think FIDO is the "be all end all," but that's just my opinion.

As far as "othernets," I was living in a town with 2 *big* BBS's
in the early
90's and 3 smaller ones. None of them carried FIDOnet, but the two big ones
each carried 2 "other" nets, one of them was Intelec, which was
pretty active
at the time. It wasn't till I was helping a friend setup a modem and get
connected in another town that I even learned about FIDOnet. Since it was long
distance for me, I didn't post.

Also, I don't see anything wrong with alternatives. There's one BBS I telnet
into that has great local messages & no games I care for. It's worth it for me
for the messaging.

 BS> Some people use them to get power. :/

How? By subverting users? 

Jim


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