12 Dec 02 01:14, Mike Luther wrote to Sarah Nunez:

 ML> That, plus the main reason I stay here
 ML> is to do my best to keep Fido active, even if it's still small and
 ML> pitimuss in some areas.

It seems to me that Fido has come full circle, with a bit of added
technology. IIRC, Fido started with a bunch of computer techie types who
set up BBSes and relayed echomail from one system to another.  Then a whole
bunch of less- or non-techie types jumped on the bandwagon, and FidoNet
echomail exploded.  Now that all the low-tech/non-tech folks have jumped to
the Internet, it's just us techie types who are left.  Note that OS2 and
some of the other, similar echoes are still around, while echoes such as
GENEALOGY, which at one time was getting 500 messages per day, are dead, or
almost so.

 ML> I actually have asked two questions here a while back, one about the
 ML> operational characteristics of the current US remote pilotless drone
 ML> intelligence and combat aircraft now actively in use in the Middle
 ML> East...

 ML> That one produced no responses...

I think it's because almost no one is left to respond.  :-(

 ML> it might be more important to bring the IP side of Aviation
 ML> gatewayed into here, than the other way around ..

Oh, I'm not even thinking of gating.  I've considered it, but I figure no
one's left in this echo, at least, for it to matter.

 -->> Sleep well; OS/2's still awake! ;)

Yup!

Sarah
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