Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!husc6!mit-eddie!ll-xn!ames!amdcad!cae780!tektronix!oresoft!randy From: randy@oresoft.UUCP (Randy Bush) Newsgroups: news.groups,news.admin Subject: Fidonet (was Re: the USENET problems) Message-ID: <45@oresoft.UUCP> Date: Sat, 11-Jul-87 14:10:47 EDT Article-I.D.: oresoft.45 Posted: Sat Jul 11 14:10:47 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 12-Jul-87 16:53:10 EDT References: <266@brandx.rutgers.edu> <15982@gatech.gatech.edu> <1496@ulowell.cs.ulowell.edu> <193@mtuxo.UUCP> Reply-To: randy@oresoft.UUCP (Randy Bush) Distribution: na Organization: Oregon Software, Portland OR Lines: 18 Keywords: organization governing bodies Summary: the grass is always greener Xref: mnetor news.groups:1228 news.admin:688 Unfortunately, Fidonet's 'governing body', IFNA, met with the same kind of warm, friendly, cooperative attitude that such suggestions meet on usenet. Entire echo conferences (=newsgroups) died from the flaming and stupidity. Only about 20% of the >1500 public Fidonet nodes have even joined IFNA. Note that the FidoNews one reads on usenet is the weekly newsletter put together by the constructive folk. The trashers prefer to occupy net.bandwidth with rumors, innuendo, ad hominem attack, and the normal flaming. As Fidonet users tend to be more amateur than those on usenet (no implication meant in either direction), the Fidonet trashers usually don't even make interesting reading. The stalwart just try to keep the mail/news flowing, respond seriously to the more serious and well thought out criticism, and try to prevent technical net.chaos. -- Randy Bush, Compiler Group, Oregon Software, Portland Oregon (503) 245-2202 uucp: ..!tektronix!oresoft!randy Telemail: RBush Fidonet: 1:105/6.6