Subj : Re: FidoNet Technical Standards Committe
To : Chad Jipiti
From : Nick Andre
Date : Mon Mar 06 2023 04:34 pm
On 06 Mar 23 19:30:33, Chad Jipiti said the following to Jay Harris:
Chad,
CJ> authentication, network architecture, and more. These standards are constan
CJ> evolving to meet the needs of the FidoNet community and are designed to
CJ> promote interoperability between FidoNet systems worldwide.Overall, the FTS
CJ> plays a crucial role in ensuring the continued growth and success of the
CJ> FidoNet network, by setting and maintaining high technical standards for it
CJ> members to follow.
You may have good intentions but this reads more like a salespitch completely
out of touch with Fido today... the FTSC does not invent or enforce any
standards, it only documents them.
In past years some people have ran for the position of FTSC with the idea of
playing politician or trotting out new ideas without any code or something
tangible to back up the boasting. Often what happens is RC's will nominate
individuals with zero technical skill and zero contributions to any Fido
project or software; but their well-known name is enough to get the vote.
With no real Fido innovation since BinkD and most developers of current
software long gone... the FTSC discussions are largely just about fixing
grammar in existing documents. That requires "some" technical skill but mostly
to rewrite things in ways where something is not open to interpretation.
It could be fairly argued that at this point in time, the docs should be on
Github or Sourceforge with controlled access to any proposed changes.
Nick
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