Subj : Re: LinuxNet
To : All
From : Nigel Reed
Date : Wed Mar 19 2025 12:20 am
On Tue, 18 Mar 2025 22:08:02 -0500
"Dan Clough" (1:135/115) <
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> -=> 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.
> NR> 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... ;-)
>
>
>
> ... All the easy problems have been solved.
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You want me to have a go and contact him? It's hit and miss sometimes.
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