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To   : Micael Bulow
From : Jan Vermeulen
Date : Sat Jan 04 2003 04:16 pm

    Quoting Micael Bulow on Sat 4 Jan 2003  5:59 to Jan Vermeulen:

 JV>>     You are. You forget those that are already there and are
 JV>> prefectly satisfied what is on offer right now. Imposing on them
 JV>> new things they do not need may chase them from the net.

 mb> You got me wrong.

    You're allowed to defend yourself ;-)

 mb> Of cource we have to see to it that everything we change also can
 mb> be provided in a backward compatible format for the sysops.

    Ok, the intention is there. But how sure can you be that not even one byte 
will get lost or damaged in the operation?

    12000 lines * 80 chars * 7 bits = 6,720,000 bits...

 mb> But I think attracting new developers and members is an important
 mb> issue today.

    I'll give you that, with the provision they should listen to what they call 
the "politicians" (let me tell you that a lot of the socalled politicians are 
or have been programmers or software supervisers in there own time but have 
looked over the fence).

 mb> ONE of the solutions could be some changes at
 mb> toplevels to be able to add techniques widely used today.

    Explain 'toplevels'. Who? What? Why?

 mb> After all, the net is geting smaller every day. The main task is to
 mb> turn that trend around.

    Do you really think that a nodelist is the place to start?


    -=<[ JV ]>=-

 
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