= Сообщение: 5933 из 7128 ====================================== FTSC_PUBLIC = От : Björn Felten 2:203/2 04 Feb 22 05:57:24 Кому : Rob Swindell 04 Feb 22 05:57:24 Тема : MSGID FGHI : area://FTSC_PUBLIC?msgid=2:203/2+61fcb230 На : area://FTSC_PUBLIC?msgid=31389.ftsc_pub@1:103/705+26624fd6 = Кодировка сообщения определена как: CP437 ================================== Ответ: area://FTSC_PUBLIC?msgid=2:203/2+61fcb7ee ============================================================================== RS> I'll leave it to the original poster to fully understand the implications RS> before choosing their course. I was just providing my own insight.
First of all, I humbly ask for forgiveness for taking out my frustration onto you. Basically I totally understand what you are saying, and I agree.
I have saved messages in various FTSC echoes (by then they were like FTSC-WGA, -WGB, -WGC and so on) from 1997 so I guess I must have been involved somehow by then. And for every year I was an elected member of the FTSC I got more and more frustrated by how the FTSC had to act.
How it has always worshipped the sacred "backwards compatibility". Even when it was obvious how our Russian colleagues managed to take Fidonet to new levels.
Obviously we had a dire need to modernize our beloved museum piece, but that never happened. About half a century ago, I spent many hours on trying to modernize FTS-1
Well, no real comments, just "but we have to respect all the old, outdated vapourware still in use". So my attempt fell flatly on the ground.
Needless to say, that's when I realized that the FTSC is no longer of any use for furthering our beloved network, so I resigned.
Should we ever want to revive Fidonet, we *have* to let go of all the DOS-based shit we cherish, and take aim at the future.
FTSC should no longer just document decades old crap, it should *set* the standards. I'm confident, that there's still many of us, that will stay behind even when the products by Happy Amateurs From The 1980s will have to yield.
To paraphrase what you so properly worded, Rob, I'm hereby just providing my own insight...
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