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   On Tue, 18 Mar 2025 22:08:02 -0500   
   "Dan Clough" (1:135/115)  wrote:   
      
   > -=> Nigel Reed wrote to All <=-     
   >    
   >  >  > Why not talk to the current owner about taking over if he   
   >  >  > doesn't have time to work and promote it? That is something I   
   >  >  > would get behind. I don't think I'd want to try and start   
   >  >  > another new network from scratch.     
   >    
   >  > An update on this... I've tried to contact the current LinuxNet   
   >  > operator via Netmail, Email, Echomail, and his local BBS message   
   >  > base; for the last three weeks or so, with no response whatsoever.   
   >  > So either he's ignoring or is just out of the loop completely.   
   >  >   
   >  > Not sure what the next step is at this point.  I've got an outline   
   >  > of a plan for starting a replacement Net and may do that by   
   >  > sometime next month.  I've got some work/travel demands that will   
   >  > keep me too busy until then.   
   >  >   
   >  > Still interested in comments from you all on whether that's a good   
   >  > idea, or some alternatives.  I know there is a Fido Linux echo that   
   >  > is mostly quiet, and not sure if that is a surefire indicator of   
   >  > how a new Net would do, or not.  Your thoughts are welcome if you   
   >  > have any.     
   >    
   >  NR> Just declare yourself 110:0/0 and have the hubs point to you.   
   >  NR> Done.     
   >    
   > Hehe, maybe, but it's a little more than that, and not sure how    
   > "ethical" that would be.  I guess it's a possibility, but seems a   
   > little unlikely.   
   >    
   > Thanks for the input, and hoping to get some more...  ;-)   
   >    
   >    
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   You want me to have a go and contact him? It's hit and miss sometimes.   
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