Hey Nancy!   
      
   Dec 10 18:37 05, Nancy Backus wrote to Maurice Kinal:   
      
    NB> Maybe...  But that sounds a lot like the naysayers that thought it    
    NB> would   
    NB> all fold with Y2K... and here we are, 5 years, almost 6, later...  :)   
      
   Too true.  However I stand by my prediction until proven wrong.  I'll admit it   
   then that I was wrong but then you'll have to be here in order to hear it and   
   nothing will have changed.  Right?   
      
    NB> As long as us diehards don't give up, and we gain even a few newbies,   
    NB> things will keep going along, maybe even get more active.   
      
   That is the general idea except that I believe thing require tweaking as they   
   go along.  In a network situation that requires cooperation.   
      
    NB> I doubt    
    NB> we'll   
    NB> ever see the likes of the heyday of BBS/Fido echoes, but a viable    
    NB> medium   
    NB> I have little doubt of.   
      
   I hope you are right.  We'll see.  In the meantime I like the idea of   
   exploration ... or at least speculation.   
      
    NB> There's even a few of those who gave up that   
    NB> keep coming back to check things out, and see (often to their    
    NB> surprise)   
    NB> that things are* still going... :)   
      
   I've been one of those except I had to look REALLY, REALLY hard the last time   
   I was hunting.   
      
   Life is good,   
   Maurice   
      
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