On Fri 20-Jun-1997  8:46a, Bill Cheek@1:202/731.0 said to Bud Jamison:
BJ> I should be flying that, since I switched to Platinum Xpress.
BJ> ViaMail also isn't listed, nor are a dozen other mailers that are
BJ> now common.
BC> Ummm hummmmm......and THAT alone speaks rather loudly of the state of
BC> affairs, don't you think?  Fido can't even keep things current.........
Bill, why should anyone in fido administration have to go out in search of 
new software and their capabilities?  It is up to each developer to send in 
that info themselves.  If they can't be bothered to update it, then they 
don't deserve to be listed in the examples.
And again, that info we are referring to in the nodelist is just that.  
EXAMPLES.  The full list of PIDs (product IDs) is in another document, but 
that document does not list the capabilities of each program either.
Getting away from fidonet (and from the scanning hobby even further), tell me 
how I can find out what computer a web site or an IRC server is running on?  
Unless they are flying something to indicate as much, there is no way to tell 
whether it is running on a Sun, Dec, Mac, Amiga, or a Cray...
Which speaks rather LOUDLY itself...
DR. John M. Hoyt / AKA Warren Peace  -  C-Link! International Coordinator
                                     -  Fido Net 391 NC/EC
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