KW> As I understand it, the charter for the FTSC is to document current KW> software and standards, and to promote new technologies within KW> Fidonet. It's not necessarily up to them to *develop* for Fidonet but KW> it's encouraging to see any and all new development for Fidonet.
My understanding too.... thus, why I try to do a fine line between documenting things that delayed my efforts. And working with others to learn what they are making - personal or public. I have found a few developers who have also made their own mailers, tossers, etc. but, do not plan on releasing to the public - I mention them, as they built very useful tools for testing against.
Innovation is a challenge with Fidonot - as I learned in the early 90's when I was developing as a contractor for Planet Connect - to help get FIDO on the Satelite - so many ppl pooh-pood the idea. Making policy fit their argument, calling and leaving threatening voicemails, it is very odd how some people in the peanut gallery get really uptight with change. Anyway, at the end of the day, I enjoyed BBSing in the early 80's through 95 - when it made financial sense for me to switch my 12 node BBS into a dial-up service. (Ran one of the largest underground PCB site in Georgia/Tennessee).
Over the years of MySpace, Facebook, etc. lacked the local social network that BBSing offers - which was much better than these services (IMHO). I ran Hotline Comunications Server as a BBS for about a decade, it was much more of a smaller social network - and ultimately that is my end-game for my projects. ANSI 8 color back, 16 color FG, is okay for BLOCK oriented games - but, come on we are the guys who invented thing like "Bulletin Boards"... and we did it with small structures not bloated MySQL schema that really blow! So, i have worked with Rick Parrish in 2017, and his terminal now supports ANSI 8, 256, 24bit and True Color - in a browser. Now, I am building my own tools so I can offer up the source without challnge - to help others achieve such graphics that xterm-256 can do, and some of these MUD clients... (sorry rambled)....
Ozz
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