Subj : NEWS::: Overheard in the UTF-8 echo, a new FTN project is in the works
To   : Stas Mishchenkov
From : Charles Pierson
Date : Fri Nov 13 2020 08:21 am

Hello, Stas Mishchenkov.
On 11/13/20 2:38 PM you wrote:

 BP>> like Telegram, i dont see it yet
 SM> I have never positioned the Telegram BBS as something promising 
 SM> and revolutionary.
 SM>    Initially, several lines of code were made not even for myself, 
 SM> but at the request of one of Fido's sysops exclusively for his 
 SM> personal use. Then I became interested and I made a more developed 
 SM> version for myself, and only after August became interested in 
 SM> this, I began to develop it and put the code in order.
 SM>    Now I became interested in making a full-fledged tosser out of 
 SM> this. Perhaps I will add something else to this, and perhaps I 
 SM> will abandon it if over time it ceases to be of interest to 
 SM> someone else.

Obviously, there are people that will wonder why this?
That's something that I have never quite understood about Fidonet.  There is an underlying hesitancy to adopt new technology. Like accepting new somehow invalidates the old.

It doesn't. Nor does it mean that you have to use it. It's only a tool to allow people to access a wonderful communication platform in a new way.

Stas seems to like developing this, and August sees potential in it, both as a way to keep up with echo messages, and a way perhaps for people to discover or rediscover Fidonet and what it offers.





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