On 18 Feb 24 22:16:12, Michael Selhof said the following to All:
The deeper meaning of this forum are not the callers. Apart from that, behavior
varies from country to country. This is actually about us sysop's. The aim the forum is to bring many Sysop's together at one table in order to create much dialogue as possible. To bring together at one point the knowledge tha is actually distributed across many networks. It is important to start from
I'm game for really any type of conversation about BBS'ing.... but.... having been around for a long time, I notice the following patterns.
- Linux Linux Linux. An obscene amount of Linux, to the point of a few who
felt the need to shove it down my throat when opportunity arose. Yes I know theres a tinkering aspect of Linux. Its fun to mess around with but I'm the type of Sysop who made an XP system work and largely left it alone. I simply do not have interest in the tech-aspect that much anymore so that excludes me from at least 90% of most conversation.
- Every few years or so a Sysop makes noise with the "Next Best Thing" which when that does not catch on, that Sysop and conversation vanishes.
- Sysops who have really good intentions and well-meaning, who up and vanish, in some cases the ZC of a popular Othernet which really had the good Sysop convo you mention.... left many Sysops "hanging" with a bad aftertaste.
But its fun to run a board and I cannot imagine my tech-life without it.
Atreyu
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