Hi Maurice,
On 2020-11-16 13:28:16, you wrote to me:
WvV>> That was the case untill last year, when the new chairman forgot
WvV>> about it, and it was moved up a couple of months.
MK> I recall that. Seems an odd thing for the chairman to forget about.
He was new to the job. And the FTSC is probably not very active, since the
previous chairman left. But I don't really know, except I see no updated or new
documents apear, so I could be wrong...
MK> We'll see when it comes up and in the meantime I'll think about it.
MK> Thank you for your encouragment although I have to wonder if I am not
MK> stepping into something that would be best to leave alone. It might
MK> turn out I have more impact - if indeed I have ever had any impact -
MK> as an outsider to the FTSC. From this perspective it doesn't appear
MK> being an FTSC member has any real influence over so-called standards.
MK> Am I missing something?
The FTSC is about documenting current practise. So if you think you can change
the standards to include general internet practise, your in the wrong place.
You're probably better of in for instance NET_DEV and try to convince other
developers to change their products to do so. But that can only be done in a
backwards compatible way, because of all the legacy software that is still in
use but can't be changed, because the developers left fidonet (a long time
ago).
And bitching about it in ASIAN_LINK has very little to no effect. ;)
Bye, Wilfred.
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