PL>> through was amazing.  I'm sort of suprised it didn't happen
 PL>> already.  If they broke off, formed their own zone, even decided to
 PL>> be entirely disconnected from the rest of FidoNet and still call
 PL>> themselves FidoNet, and stuck their finger up at the rest of
 PL>> Fidonet there really isn;t anything anybody could do about it.

 ml> exactly... no one has to be in fidonet to use FTN software and
 ml> methods... the fidonet nodelist defines fidonet... nothing more and
 ml> nothing less... currently, zones 1 thru 6 _are_ fidonet... if Z6C
 ml> demises Z6 then fidonet will be zones 1 thru 5...

 PL>> I think the fears are unfounded.

 ml> yes, pretty much, i think i can agree... however, do not forget the
 ml> political shituation that lies beneath the surface and what loosing
 ml> a zone could lead to...

I am aware of the political motives behind trying to deter such a switch
for the Russian segment of FidoNet... as well as what losing a zone does
for the agenda as well.

Phil

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