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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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