Subj : Da Rulz
To   : Gregory Deyss
From : Lee Lofaso
Date : Tue Jan 17 2023 23:59:16

Hello Greg,

 GD>>> Weblog? It's a video documentary there are 8 chapters.

 LL>> Weblog is terminology for video documentary.
 LL>> All 8 chapters are online, free to watch.

 GD> To be clear the term Weblog was improperly defined by you. a video
 GD> documentary.

The term 'blog' is short for 'weblog' - which may or may not include
video.

 GD> A weblog as per Google is another word for a blog.

A shortened form of 'weblog' - but in essence the same thing.

 GD> and just in case you were wondering a"BLOG" which is a regularly updated
 GD> website or web page.

Not all blogs are regularly updated or a part of another web page.
A blog (or weblog) can be a video documentary, but does not have to
be. It might not even have any video at all. Or pictures.

 GD> What I suggested was simply goto youtube.com and watch The BBS documentary
 GD> chapter 4 covering Fidonet.

It is an excellent history or video documentary. But like all
histories (or documentaries) it is an interpretation.

 GD> This will do two things...
 GD> 1. It will provide that I was right as it relates to the facts of the
 GD> formerly mentioned Jason Scott documentary.

Just because one person says his own version of history is the truth
does not make it so. For every history that is written, there is a
different interpretation. So which history is "the truth"? Was the
truth as told by The Union what really happened during the US Civil
War? Was the truth as told by The Confederacy what really happened
during the US Civil War? Depends on who was telling the tale, and
who was listening.

The same is true in regards to the history of Fidonet.

 GD> 2. It will provide a correction to what you thought you new, which in this
 GD> case is called a education.

From two messages, this morning. One from Vince Coen, the other
from Ward Dossche, in the Fidonews echo.

Vince posted a set of statistics showing his count of the number
of sysops in each zone, with a total of all sysops -

Zone 1 359 North America
Zone 2 509 Europe
Zone 3  26 Australia/NZ
Zone 4  17 Latin America
Total  911

Ward countered by posting his own count for total of all sysops,
without giving details for each zone -

Total 831

I have no idea as to who is right and who is wrong. It could be
both are wrong, and far from the mark.

And apparently there are no sysops in Africa, or any syops floating
about on open water.

As can plainly be seen, there is no rhyme or reason as to why there
should be any zones in Fidonet. There never has been a need, even in
Fidonet's heyday of 34,000+ sysops worldwide.

So why did Tom Jennings insist on Fidonet include 6 zones in P4?
And why did sysops later decide to drop two zones, with the excuse
there were not enough sysops in those parts to justify them?

How many sysops does it take to justify the need for a separate zone?

I am just using the stats as given by Vince and Ward.

For Life,
Lee

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