Meanwhile, everyone else could standardize on zone 0, net 0,
region 0, with just the node number being significant. All
the relevant software could be modified to accept zeros in
the appropriate positions. Or, if that were impractical, then
pick an arbitrary zone number: 1, 4, or 6 (the latter two
being isomorphic to IP version numbers).

Your zero zone/region/net proposal will not further the future of Fidonet at all. Yes, if we could take our DeLorean back 30 years we could make a lot of things better. But who could see the birth of the WWW and subsequent demise of the Fidonet ten years before it happened?

And your future vision seems to miss the fact that IP numbers soon will be as archaic as the technology that you so obviously despise.

Maybe you haven't read the magazine that this echo is all about? ATM there are e.g. 77 systems connected via IPv6, 31 of them has a ::f1d0:<zone>:<net>:<node> style host address. So we are not all as ignorant as you think.

I think you owe all the Fidonet programmers a little more respect. Especially those who came after the WWW. Binkp, binkd, Argus and JamNNTPd springs to mind.


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There's a reason Fidonet did not attract the professional and
research crowds; perhaps you wondered at one point what it was?
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Main one I can think of is, no more market therefore no money to made. We are all very lucky for the few developers still around.

Terry

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