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   Dear Atreyu   
      
   Thank you again for your answer, which in my opinion gives rise to at least    
   2 common approaches. 1. I love the variety of computers in the mailboxes.    
   A sysop with a Commodore C64/C128, Amiga, Atari ST has just as much    
   right to exist as anyone else! What counts is the shared hobby! And these    
   sysops can also exchange their experiences on this forum. Cause it is divided    
   into general and special and can be expanded as the Sysop's required it!   
   Living democracy it's called I think. And again could be bundled at one point!   
      
   2. In the lists of OS's, Linux is an operating system like any other. But    
   again... this forum is not about one or "the Linux Sysops", but about "us    
   sysops!" With all the "colors" and "facets" that this hobby brings with it!   
   I like to compare this to Apple and Andriod! Apple users don't want Android    
   and vice versa. It therefore makes no sense to convince one side of the other    
   side. But what connects both of them. They have a smartphone! And there    
   lies the approach! And by that I actually meant everyone who is interested,    
   regardless of which operating system and which BBS software they use to    
   operate their system! In my opinion, this point of view is not very effective    
   and leads to isolation. It isn't really hard to make a turnaround and eyes    
   wide open....   
      
   And I didn't write that this idea of ​​mine is the newest and the   
   best in the    
   world. As I have already written!!! This forum could be a regular meeting    
   place for Sysops. But doesn't have to! In any case, I have no intention of    
   ending this again. It doesn't cost me much and is free for everyone else.   
      
   Whether or not always depends on a certain curiosity, general interest and    
   acceptance by the general public. In this case the Sysop's and interested    
   User. There will always be one side that extends a offering hand, which    
   others may or may not accept!   
      
   I can't really see any harm here, but I can see a possible benefit for the    
   cause, not for me! And I'm old enough that setbacks are a part of life!    
   Then you just get up again, straighten your "crown" and carry on!    
   Just for our shared hobby!   
      
   There it was again, our commonality!   
      
   Sometimes live could be so easy :-)   
      
   lol I'm smiling right now and don't be angry with me Atreyu.    
   But such discussions are also absolutely suitable for the forum!   
      
   Have a nice day Atreyu and to everyone reading along   
      
   Mike   
      
   On 18.02.2024 22:15, Atreyu wrote to Michael Selhof:   
      
   -> MSGID: 1:229/426 D030578C   
   -> REPLY: 1:229/426 40093F95   
   -> 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   
   ->    
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