Subj : Re: Nomination
To   : Michiel van der Vlist
From : Ward Dossche
Date : Sat Mar 01 2025 05:13 pm

Michiel,
 
Mv>WD> When I was elected ZC for the first time in 1994 for me it was
Mv>WD> totally ridiculous not to route. Use the tree-structure of the
Mv>WD> nodelist and netmail "always" arrives. I thought it was a genuine
Mv>WD> improvement over classic routing-schemes ...
 
Mv> When you were elected as ZC for the first time calling across a national
Mv> border was hineously expensive. Even calling to the other side of the
Mv> same country was expensive. Have you forgotten that?
 
Yes, and how do you think I got my mail and the files?
 
Indeed, by calling across borders ...
 
But, dear genius, as every RC was calling in here multiple times a week, that was how netmail moved and the transfering of those volumes did not take hours, not even minutes ... Using the tree was the most secure way to route the netmail...it still is.
 
Besides, there are hobbies that are way more expensive ... If you don't want to spend the money, better not have a hobby.
 
 \%/@rd 

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