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   On 18 Feb 24  22:16:12, Michael Selhof said the following to All:   
      
   MS> The deeper meaning of this forum are not the callers. Apart from that,   
   MS> behavior    
   MS> varies from country to country. This is actually about us sysop's. The aim    
   MS> the forum is to bring many Sysop's together at one table in order to create   
   MS> much dialogue as possible. To bring together at one point the knowledge tha   
   MS> is actually distributed across many networks. It is important to start from   
      
   I'm game for really any type of conversation about BBS'ing.... but.... having    
   been around for a long time, I notice the following patterns.   
      
   - Linux Linux Linux. An obscene amount of Linux, to the point of a few who   
   felt the need to shove it down my throat when opportunity arose. Yes I know   
   theres a tinkering aspect of Linux. Its fun to mess around with but I'm the    
   type of Sysop who made an XP system work and largely left it alone. I simply    
   do not have interest in the tech-aspect that much anymore so that excludes me    
   from at least 90% of most conversation.   
      
   - Every few years or so a Sysop makes noise with the "Next Best Thing" which   
   when that does not catch on, that Sysop and conversation vanishes.   
      
   - Sysops who have really good intentions and well-meaning, who up and vanish,   
   in some cases the ZC of a popular Othernet which really had the good Sysop   
   convo you mention.... left many Sysops "hanging" with a bad aftertaste.   
      
   But its fun to run a board and I cannot imagine my tech-life without it.   
      
   Atreyu   
      
   --- Renegade vY2Ka2   
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