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   PID: Synchronet 3.14a-Win32  Dec 31 2006 MSC 1200   
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     Re: Re: slightly different format   
     By: Wilfred van Velzen to Maurice Kinal on Tue Nov 17 2020 09:38 am   
      
    > Hi Maurice,   
    >    
    > On 2020-11-16 13:28:16, you wrote to me:   
    >    
    >  WvV>> That was the case untill last year, when the new chairman forgot   
    >  WvV>> about it, and it was moved up a couple of months.   
    >    
    >  MK> I recall that.  Seems an odd thing for the chairman to forget about.   
    >    
    > He was new to the job. And the FTSC is probably not very active, since the   
    > previous chairman left. But I don't really know, except I see no updated or    
    > documents apear, so I could be wrong...   
    >    
    >  MK> We'll see when it comes up and in the meantime I'll think about it.   
    >  MK> Thank you for your encouragment although I have to wonder if I am not   
    >  MK> stepping into something that would be best to leave alone.  It might   
    >  MK> turn out I have more impact - if indeed I have ever had any impact -   
    >  MK> as an outsider to the FTSC.  From this perspective it doesn't appear   
    >  MK> being an FTSC member has any real influence over so-called standards.   
    >    
    >  MK> Am I missing something?   
    >    
    > The FTSC is about documenting current practise. So if you think you can chan   
    > the standards to include general internet practise, your in the wrong place.   
    > You're probably better of in for instance NET_DEV and try to convince other   
    > developers to change their products to do so. But that can only be done in a   
    > backwards compatible way, because of all the legacy software that is still i   
    > use but can't be changed, because the developers left fidonet (a long time   
    > ago).   
    >    
    > And bitching about it in ASIAN_LINK has very little to no effect. ;)   
    >    
    > Bye, Wilfred.   
    >    
      
   Grin, I've not seen the next election either but shouldn't be far off.   
      
     xxcarol   
      
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