Subj : Net Development
To : Scott Little
From : Bill Birrell
Date : Wed Jan 01 2003 03:13 am
> Actually, XML (or HRN or whatever other format) will
> eventually replace SLF (the current format) on those
> systems that can handle it/want it - running in
> parallel is only necessary while the tools are new and
> 100% redundancy is requred.
So, just do it, but stop frightening the horses!
> But like I said, systems that run on XML will emit SLF
> nodelists for whoever needs them - that conversion is
> a simple one.
And meantime the normal nodelist will still be available from the normal
channels. How long meantime lasts is anybody's guess. It's been about fifteen
years so far. FidoNet has monumental inertia.
