Subj : Re: LinuxNet
To : Nigel Reed
From : Dan Clough
Date : Wed Mar 19 2025 08:11 am
-=> Nigel Reed wrote to All <=-
> > 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.
NR> You want me to have a go and contact him? It's hit and miss sometimes.
Sure, if you can reach him that would be great. The question for him
is: If you're not gonna run LinuxNet, would you be willing to let
somebody else do it...
