Subj : Re: In the future..
To   : August Abolins
From : Black Panther
Date : Sat Jun 06 2020 11:36 am

On 06 Jun 2020, August Abolins said the following...
 
 AA>  AA>> Is there a future for the techonology in FTN?
 AA> 
 AA>  BP> That will depend on us. Do we have any developers left in this hobby?
 AA>  BP> Are they willing to advance the technology?
 AA> 
 AA> Not fair.  You can't answer a question with another question!

Actually, I answered it with 2 questions. ;)

My personal opinion, is the technology will die in the near future. As we, as
Sysops, are shutting down our systems for whatever reasons. There are too few
developers interested in trying to support legacy technologies. For those of
you that are, I applaud you! 

The younger generations are more interested in the "point-and-click" world of
Twitter, Facebook, or whatever other social medias are being used now. They
want to see pictures, links to websites, and other 'visual' aspects. I don't
see many, if any, even interested in a basically text environment as this. 

The technology could be made into a more 'visual' environment, but it would
then not be compatible with the legacy software. That is what is holding this
hobby back. At some point, we need to decide if we just want the hobby and
FTN technology to move forward and stop with the "We need to maintain legacy
support", or we let the technology wither away and become a footnote in
history.


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