Subj : Re: FTA-1000 FTSC Charter Revisions
To : Nick Andre
From : Dan Clough
Date : Mon Nov 28 2022 07:26 pm
-=> Nick Andre wrote to Dan Clough <=-
NA> On 28 Nov 22 16:08:00, Dan Clough said the following to Nick
NA> Andre:
DC> Okay, that makes sense to me. One thing that I have noticed lately in
DC> Fido is "mobile" access to echos, with software such as Telegram and
DC> Aftershock, which seems quite "trendy" to me. I'll withhold my opinion
DC> of such for an appropriate forum.
NA> I should of clarified... trendy as in, a Fido tech thing that
NA> benefits the internal workings of the network. Something that
NA> many Sysops worldwide accepted as solving a problem that was
NA> worth documenting as a standard.
I think there are (some) Sysops who think the above might be the "next
big thing". I'm not one of them, for the record.
NA> Moving packets with a protocol like BinKD as opposed to dialup or
NA> the freaking mess that was TransX emails, FTP etc.... BinkD was
NA> tech that had a significant contribution to improving mail flow.
ACK.
NA> But Telegram.... mehhhhh... I dunno. I know some people like it
NA> but it comes across as being one persons pet project. One
NA> person's board goes down and the gating stops. Its not really a
NA> protocol, it comes across more as a gateway by one single person.
NA> There are many Sysops who don't really see that benefit.
Agreed on all, but there are some that think it solves a problem
(difficult access to FTNs from mobile devices) and that it benefits Fido
by expanding the number of people who have access to messaging. I
suspect it's an "issue" that isn't going to just fade away.
