= Сообщение: 4046 из 7124 ====================================== FTSC_PUBLIC = От : Nick Andre 1:229/426 06 Dec 18 20:06:24 Кому : Michiel Van Der Vlist 06 Dec 18 20:06:24 Тема : Re: Candidates vision request FGHI : area://FTSC_PUBLIC?msgid=1:229/426+2D87A45B = Кодировка сообщения определена как: ASCII ================================== ============================================================================== On 06 Dec 18 21:10:45, Michiel Van Der Vlist said the following to Markus Res
MV> MR> The frustating thing is that it's hard for sortware developers to know MV> MR> about undocumented features. MV> MV> It is not just hard, it is impossible to keep up with all the exceptions an MV> upgrade the software if there is no limit imposed on it.
Well now, hopefully you can see things from my perspective.
You are quick to quote the missing REPLY (which I explained logically) and the CHRS and PID kludges. You sure do love posting about IPV6, so I assume from an emotional perspective that the topic "means something" to you.
So lets try it from this angle.
If I am not made aware that I am in violation of some standard, because my software does not have the CHRS or PID kludge, because it has not been made open-source or the Fido portion maintained for decades... really am I to blame for that? Am I deserving of flames, attacks from URL-happy Russian Sysops?
Let me rephrase - a Sysop who ran a popular BBS in 1993-1995 who decides to restore from backup his working system, gets on Fido, then discovers his software is in violation of some missing kludge, gets flamed, etc, by others, do you think thats fair for someone participating in a hobby they once loved dearly?
What should they do? Be forced to dump it, screw it, fuck it, go with Mystic or Synchronet? "Can't drive the Ford model-T on a modern road" to badly paraphrase what you said to me before?
What do I tell Toronto-area Sysops who ask me about their Apple and Commodore BBS's they want to fire up again? Sorry you can't, because your system does not adhear to some (IMO) foolish/lazy/ignorant MSGID/REPLY kludge?
I thought that kind of snobbery/arrogance was what you get with the Internet?
Nick
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