Subj : Re: This echo
To : Ward Dossche
From : Alan Ianson
Date : Wed Jan 12 2022 05:42 pm
>> Should Fidonet have died when Tom Jennings left?
> Tom Jennings dropped out of Fidonet 29 years ago at a moment when we had
> already been bypassed by the reality of it. His relevance had already been
> reduced to next to nothing.
Whatever we may think of TJ or his relevance Fidonet did not die when he left.
>> Why should this echo and the Gazette be left to rest in peace when Janis
>> left?
> Because it's just as dead as a tonne of other echoes being kept alive solely
> by automated monthly posting by moderators...This echo is dead, the
> publication is dead and has been for years and years ...
This echo and the publication have been active for years and years.
You (and everyone for that matter) don't have to like it. You can link the area or not as you please, same goes for the file area.
It's a choice you make and yes there is still some freedom of choice to be had.
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