Subj : Re: LinuxNet
To   : Nigel Reed
From : Dan Clough
Date : Tue Mar 18 2025 10:08 pm

-=> Nigel Reed wrote to All <=-

>  > Why not talk to the current owner about taking over if he doesn't
>  > have time to work and promote it? That is something I would get
>  > behind. I don't think I'd want to try and start another new
>  > network from scratch.

> An update on this... I've tried to contact the current LinuxNet
> operator via Netmail, Email, Echomail, and his local BBS message
> base; for the last three weeks or so, with no response whatsoever.
> So either he's ignoring or is just out of the loop completely.
>
> Not sure what the next step is at this point.  I've got an outline of
> a plan for starting a replacement Net and may do that by sometime
> next month.  I've got some work/travel demands that will keep me too
> busy until then.
>
> Still interested in comments from you all on whether that's a good
> idea, or some alternatives.  I know there is a Fido Linux echo that
> is mostly quiet, and not sure if that is a surefire indicator of how
> a new Net would do, or not.  Your thoughts are welcome if you have
> any.

NR> Just declare yourself 110:0/0 and have the hubs point to you. Done.

Hehe, maybe, but it's a little more than that, and not sure how
"ethical" that would be.  I guess it's a possibility, but seems a little
unlikely.

Thanks for the input, and hoping to get some more...  ;-)



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