Subj : Re: when a practice does it better.
To   : Michiel van der Vlist
From : Tim Schattkowsky
Date : Thu Feb 27 2025 03:39:17

//Hello Michiel,//

on *23.02.2025* at *16:50:36* You wrote in Area *FTSC_PUBLIC*
to *August Abolins* about *"when a practice does it better."*.

 AA>> Ok.. so, why would Tim's "better idea" be a violation if it may indeed
 AA>> be a BETTER idea?  Why not incorportate it into an existing standard as
 AA>> BETTER?
 MvdV> It is not better.

Because you say so? 

 MvdV> Read FTS-5003 par 5 about Obsolete Identifiers and see for yourself why
 MvdV> the use of "CHRS: IBMPC 2" was deprecated over a decade ago and
 MvdV> therefore is not "better". .

Hardly an argument given given that for more than a decade nobody cared. Maybe thats a message from reality?

 MvdV> Also note the "must not" in the first line of that paragraph.

FTSC standards are meant to be revised. Many things have never been adpoted. Get used to it.

I woud like to point out that in sharp contrast to Michiels statements, I spent hundreds of hours during the last years to give WinPoint the most complete and robust charset support of any point packet I know. So claiming that WP completely ignores FTS-5003 is maliciously false. I am not sure, if Michiel is that unedicated or just a bad person that loves defamation. 

Why the heck is he so interested in keeping people who actually work on Fidonet software away from the FTSC? 

Regards,
Tim

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