Hello Jimmy,

Jimmy Anderson wrote to Bo Simonsen about ''Re: Tech changes'':

 -=>> 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.

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

I'm not sure I do understand. 

 JA> As far as "othernets," I was living in a town with 2 *big* BBS's in
 JA> the early 90's and 3 smaller ones. None of them carried FIDOnet,
 JA> but the two big ones each carried 2 "other" nets, one of them was
 JA> Intelec, which was pretty active at the time. 

Aha, in my country Fidonet was common for nearly all Fidonet capable BBS'es.

 JA> It wasn't till I was
 JA> helping a friend setup a modem and get connected in another town
 JA> that I even learned about FIDOnet. Since it was long distance for
 JA> me, I didn't post.

Okay. I did also call long distance, but I didn't take long to download the
mail, by a fidonet capable mailer.

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

That's right.

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

 JA> How? By subverting users? 

If it's a FTN-style-othernet some people would like to be a RC or so (they
join as the only one in thier country/continent), and then they got power.

Bo

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