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On 16 Mar 19  23:08:00, Dan Clough said the following to August Abolins:

DC> I say Fido could/should go to ONLY Zone 1, and keep zones 2-6 out 
DC> of circulation for historical/sentimental reasons.  All other nets 
DC> can be Zone 7+ (as they already are).

It may be "technically correct" that only one Zone is needed in Fidonet given 
our numbers, but theres no way to convince people to change their address.
Especially to Zone 1 which has a notorious history of zone-wars, power trips 
and general stupidity, bullshit and bad decisions. Couple this with the
rediculous idea being tossed around of a completely unnecessary
web-nodelist-management system and its just a recipe for disaster.

Many Sysops zone-wide just can't get over the past events which have
permanently destroyed credibility and something called "trust".

As I just wrote... Russia takes Fidonet a tad bit more seriously and if you
glance at a recent nodelist, skip down to Region 50. Keep in mind that BinkD 
and HPT and likely other cool stuff comes from there. They are not stupid.

There is not enough vodka in the world to convince them to move to Zone 1, 
so I guess all of them will be kept out of circulation for 
historical/sentimental reasons?

Nick

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