Subj : Re: FTA-1000 FTSC Charter Revisions
To   : Nick Andre
From : Dan Clough
Date : Mon Nov 28 2022 07:26 pm

-=> 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.

As always, time will tell.



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