= Сообщение: 6553 из 7128 ====================================== FTSC_PUBLIC = От : Dan Clough 1:123/115 28 Nov 22 19:26:00 Кому : Nick Andre 28 Nov 22 19:26:00 Тема : Re: FTA-1000 FTSC Charter Revisions FGHI : area://FTSC_PUBLIC?msgid=2785.fido_ftscpubl@1:123/115+27eaa456 На : area://FTSC_PUBLIC?msgid=1:229/426+D031EAAE = Кодировка сообщения определена как: ASCII ================================== ============================================================================== -=> Nick Andre wrote to Dan Clough <=-
NA> On 28 Nov 22 16:08:00, Dan Clough said the following to Nick NA> Andre:
DC> Okay, that makes sense to me. One thing that I have noticed lately in DC> Fido is "mobile" access to echos, with software such as Telegram and DC> Aftershock, which seems quite "trendy" to me. I'll withhold my opinion DC> of such for an appropriate forum.
NA> I should of clarified... trendy as in, a Fido tech thing that NA> benefits the internal workings of the network. Something that NA> many Sysops worldwide accepted as solving a problem that was NA> worth documenting as a standard.
I think there are (some) Sysops who think the above might be the "next big thing". I'm not one of them, for the record.
NA> Moving packets with a protocol like BinKD as opposed to dialup or NA> the freaking mess that was TransX emails, FTP etc.... BinkD was NA> tech that had a significant contribution to improving mail flow.
ACK.
NA> But Telegram.... mehhhhh... I dunno. I know some people like it NA> but it comes across as being one persons pet project. One NA> person's board goes down and the gating stops. Its not really a NA> protocol, it comes across more as a gateway by one single person. NA> There are many Sysops who don't really see that benefit.
Agreed on all, but there are some that think it solves a problem (difficult access to FTNs from mobile devices) and that it benefits Fido by expanding the number of people who have access to messaging. I suspect it's an "issue" that isn't going to just fade away.
