Subj : what is wrong with the current technology (FTN)
To   : Ogg
From : Digital Man
Date : Sat Jan 01 2022 12:48 pm

  Re: what is wrong with the current technology (FTN)
  By: Ogg to Digital Man on Sat Jan 01 2022 10:48 am

 > Hello Digital Man!
 >
 > ** On Friday 31.12.21 - 21:22, Digital Man wrote to apam:
 >
 >  DM> It's always possible that a network could be formed (or
 >  DM> switch to) a non-FTN technoloy.
 >
 > Or.. perhaps FTN2 could be something that only supports modern
 > and still-in-development software?

And "still-in-development" is a dynamic state (what's in-development today may not be tomorrow), so it's more of a sign of the times. In any case, I'd look closely at other network technologies (e.g. WWIVnet, NNTP, QWK, PostLink) before inventing a new noe. At the very least, you can take away the best ideas to be utilized in a new network technology. I would not recommend trying to tying anything "new" to FidoNet however. That's just asking for trouble. :-)

 >  >>> However, before anything "new" is proposed, I suggest a
 >  >>> careful examination of what is wrong with the current
 >  >>> technology (FTN). I've started my own list here:
 >
 > Didn't know that existed. I have some questions.  I'll probably
 > build that up in FUTURE4FIDO.
 >
 >
 >  DM> Yeah, probably a dead end. There's the occasional
 >  DM> discussion of the same subject on FidoNet proper (e.g.
 >  DM> Future4fido echo), but I don't think it's ever going to
 >  DM> amount to much because of the compatiblity issue.
 >
 > Again.. perhaps the answer is to retire the support for
 > abandoned software. It's not unlike the progression in www with
 > html to html5 and other layers. Many sites would simply not
 > work with Netscape for example, and not many users of Netscape
 > would stick to using it.

Nobody's stopping old web sites using old versions of HTML from still working however. If you have a retro computer with Mosaic, it's still gonna work on those sites, which is pretty cool. I can see similar arguments being made about FidoNet. Dust off that old IBM XT from the 1980s and its still possible to get it on FidoNet using (much of) the software of that era.
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