Subj : I've got spurs that jingle, jangle, jingle
To   : Maurice Kinal
From : Nicholas Boel
Date : Sat Nov 25 2023 10:14 pm

Hello Maurice,

On Saturday November 25 2023 21:29, you wrote to me:

NB>> I follow most development of any software that's still being
NB>> worked on.

MK> Understood.  I believe once you fixed the word wrapping problem with a
MK> certain editor you went well beyond the call of duty.  No committee to
MK> get in the way either.  ;-)

As I'm sure you knew, I meant FTN/BBS related softwares. But yes, getting nano fixed was quite a few years ago already. Time flies.

NB>> Has there been anything interesting in the 4K world when it
NB>> comes to Fidonet?

MK> As far as I am personally concerned, it isn't the lack of development
MK> that is the main problem.  Fidonet needs a good purging of all the
MK> obsolete and buggy code rather than developing new obsolete and buggy
MK> code.

At this point, I'm just happy a handful or two are still programming for this technology, which is basically hanging on by a thread. ;(

Regards,
Nick

... "Take my advice, I don't use it anyway."
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