Subj : a little too quiet
To : Vincent Coen
From : August Abolins
Date : Tue Mar 30 2021 06:21 pm
Hello Vincent Coen!
** On Tuesday 30.03.21 - 22:46, Vincent Coen wrote to Maurice Kinal:
>> On that note, the packed msg two digit year datetime stamp
>> must die a horrible public death. Who is with me?
VC> When coming out with a suggestion for a change you have to
VC> think does it help or hinder .
VC> In this case it does help but it will hinder a lot more.
VC> Why as lots of software are effected and all will require
VC> changes and for some the source is not available therefore
VC> rendering systems running it/them non operational.
Maybe it is time (and long overdue) to recognize that some
softwares ought to be depricated if there is hope for any future
in ftn.
Perhaps the new bottom line should be software that is still in
development.
Maybe Fidonet could branch off - one that strictly supports the
absolute minimum, and the other that does not shy away from new
ideas and improvements.
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../|ug
