"David Drummond -> Oli"  wrote:

 DD>>> Tom Jenning's model for Fidonet did not happen. Fidonet has moved
 O>> beyond his odd ideas.

 O>> You mean it became a network for dumb-asses who played stupid power
 O>> games? The P4 was always used as an excuse for the bullshit they were
 O>> doing. Maybe Tom Jennings ideas were not that odd at all.

 DD> His ideas did not survive mass exposure.

Not within Fidonet, but then there were other networks and people just left.

 O>> What would happen if we dumped P4 and got rid of the *Cs?

 DD> Who will allocate the node numbers and manage the net segs?

Fine, we can keep the NCs, everything else can be automated without the
involvement of worshiped frogs.

 DD> What common tech specs will they use?

The ones people agree to. I mean we already have a tech specs.

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