Subj : Re: Please add Linux-user
To   : Janis Kracht
From : Nicholas Boel
Date : Thu Nov 10 2016 08:03 am

Hello Janis,

On 10 Nov 16 00:02, Janis Kracht wrote to Ross Cassell:

 >>> LINUX-USER

 JK> Thanks Ross :)

I just wonder why the LINUX, LINUX-UBUNTU, or LINUX_BBS echos are not good 
enough? Two of the three already get zero posts per day on average, while the 
LINUX echo seems fairly active.

I guess I just don't understand why some insist on keeping the list of echos a 
convoluted mess, rather than clean out the dead wood and refer newcomers to the 
active echos we currently have that already cover things in a broad spectrum..?

Why separate Ubuntu from Linux? Is it not linux?
Why have 10 OS2 echos when one would suffice?
Why have 10 RA echos when one would suffice?
Why have a dead echo for every single old BBS software, when they could all be 
combined into BBS_CARNIVAL or something similar (ie: BBS_SOFTWARE) where they 
would all fall under the same category?

There are many more like that, but those seem to stand out the most off the top 
of my mind.

I understand how Fidonet works (and has worked) as far as adding whatever echos 
you want. But in this day and age 90% of them are dead. Why continue this 
method that's obviously not helping the cause?

If we all worked together (obviously there will be a few separated because some 
"adults" can't seem to get along), we could probably weed down the backbone to 
about 30 *useful* echos (that may even be quite generous) and would promote and 
encourage much more participation.

I guess I just don't understand this way of thinking.

Regards,
Nick

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