Hello Kees,

 >>> Apparently the current Fidonet can survive as it is. Turning Fidonet
 >>> into an Othernet along views by those who have missed 10-20-30 of its
 >>> history, is not the solution to its future.

Fidonet is about communication.  Not just the technology that
makes it possible for folks to communicate with others.

 RS>> That's your opinion.  And one that I think is not in the majority.

 KvE> If I had followed the opinion of the majority, I would not still be in
 KvE> Fidonet.

Following the herd is what most folks have done throughout history.

 RS>> That is quite possibly the silliest statement I have ever heard by
 RS>> effectively saying "Well, if you weren't around for the past you RS>can't
 KvE> be a part of the future".  With that kind of thinking then RS>nobody
should
 KvE> have a say in anything they didn't personally help RS>create.  That is
just
 KvE> plain stupid.

 KvE> To realize change, one has to demonstrate, that it can be done.
 KvE> If a new technology or procedure has a future, it will be used.
 KvE> Telling others, what should be done or developed, does not work in
 KvE> technology.

"Change is hard." ~US President Barack Obama

Throughout his life in politics, Barack Obama has had to demonstrate
that change is not only possible, but that it can be done.  Rather
than just talk about change, he acted.  What worked was usually kept.
What did not work, was usually ditched.

 KvE> Instant opinions on someones intelligence are never productive in any
 KvE> discussion.

That's what twitter is for.

--Lee

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