Hello Lee!

16 Mar 19 20:14, you wrote to me:

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

 I am only in it for the technology, if I were in it for communication,
 I would have left many years ago.

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

 That is their problem.

 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.

 LL> "Change is hard." ~US President Barack Obama

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

 Barack Obama was a lawyer, not a technologist. Lawyers write laws

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

 LL> That's what twitter is for.

 I have never used twitter. I have heard, that in some countries it is the
 leaders main channel of oneway communication.

Kees

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