Subj : Re: 2025 FTSC election
To   : Kurt Weiske
From : Dan Clough
Date : Mon Feb 24 2025 04:12 pm

-=> Kurt Weiske wrote to Dan Clough <=-

DC> I think the term "IP-only" is a legacy thing, actually.  Nearly the
DC> entire FidoNet is IP only now, and there's no reason to have some kind
DC> of special network for them, or for the few remaining POTS systems.
DC> That's what nodelist flags and fields are for.

KW>  I agree. Given the size of Fidonet, minus the administrative overhead,
KW>  minus the zombie echoes with no posts kept alive by moderators, and
KW>  minus the autopilot nodes, Fidonet would be a different place.

Absolutely.

KW>  In the US, you could theoretically remove nets altogether and still
KW>  have a managaeable regional structure. There may be country-specific
KW>  complications in Z2 I'm not aware of.

Probably true, as long as the RCs were competent and kept on top of
things.




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