Subj : topics.. let's hear your ideas.
To : Nil Alexandrov
From : August Abolins
Date : Thu Apr 04 2019 07:27 pm
Hello Nil!
** 04.04.19 - 20:22, Nil Alexandrov wrote to August Abolins:
NA> I found the following message with the subject "HotdogEd v1 (beta 1)"
NA> in Russian dated back to 3/21/13,
NA>
http://wfido.ru/m/RU.FIDONET.DIGEST/2:5020/849+514b1d29
Thanks for the historical info!
NA> One of the reason we don't have the iOS app is that it requires the
NA> $100 developer license fee per year (such a showstopper) in order to
NA> install the app on your device.
Outch. I was not aware of that. And, per year? With that kind of fee I
don't think you'd ever see a free fidonet app for iOS.
AA>> ..I wouldn't be surprised if a sync solution for fidonet emerged out
AA>> of the resourceful folks in R50 or its neighbors.
NA> It's an interesting phenomenon here in R50, that we have mostly the full
NA> spectrum of ages presented in our Fidonet segment according to the recent
NA> census. How do we get young folks? Most are .curious., some of them are
NA> the kids of the old sysops. The thing is that they possess multiple
NA> gadgets so the matter of synching across them becomes natural.
Maybe have a series of YouTube videos on the "fears fun and foibles of
fidonet" (tm) ?
Regards,
../|ug
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