Subj : 40 Cups of Coffee
To   : Maurice Kinal
From : August Abolins
Date : Mon Apr 07 2025 18:36:00

Hello Maurice!

 >> How do propose fidonet would survive or develop a
 >> sufficient following to be worthwhile?

 MK> I think a better question would be to ask how fidonet will
 MK> survive depending on obsolete software that more than
 MK> likely won't run on modern systems.

I think most sysops are quite fine with running VM's with the  
older OSes that they need, or NTVDM or that other one called  
NT64XVDM or something.


 MK> The current track record indicates we have little to
 MK> nothing to lose.

There isn't much of a rising public demand for BBSes and  
echomail systems, but I doubt that an "updated" FTN design will  
make a difference.

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