[ga-full] FW: Bye bye UUCP

["Roeland Meyer \(E-mail\)" <rmeyer@mhsc.com>]

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> Behalf Of Roeland Meyer (E-mail)
> Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2000 9:45 AM
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> Subject: Bye bye UUCP
>
>
> This isn't good, IMHO. Store and forward technologies, like
UUCP
> and FidoNet, need to be supported. Yes, they are increasingly
> used only to connect very remote end-points to the Internet.
> However, Ted Turner is talking to a bunch of Hi-tech CEOs,
right
> now, about some realities. One of them is the relation of the
> digital-gap to indoor plumbing (did you know that 50% of the
> world doesn't have the latter?) or the fact that over 60% of
the
> world doesn't have reliable telco service? (what's more
> important, a phone or a crapper?)
>
> I have long been disturbed by the complete halt in growth of
> these technologies. For many, a continuous Internet connection
is
> simply not available. All that they can do is
store-and-forward.
> This will be true for many years to come.
>
> With the demise of UUCP mapping project, the only convergence
> mechanism left will be the FidoNet-Internet gateways, unless
you
> are doing only single-node to Inet-gateway, with UUCP. Public
> networks of store-and-forward nodes, using UUCP, will no longer
> be possible.
>
> Why is this happening? Because the UUCP system is run by
> volunteers, that's why. Had it been a commercial venture,
they'd
> still be in business. No commercial venture did this because
the
> volunteers were doing too good a job, combined with the general
> loathing many Internet aficionados have, of commercial ventures
> on the Internet. With the general preception that UUCP is a
> "sunset" technology, very few commercial ventures would be
> willing to take up the slack. FidoNet styles itself as
> amature/hobbiest and likewise resists commercial ventures.
> However, FidoNet remains viable and supported, thus far.
Evenso,
> FidoNet has felt the brain-drain impact of the Internet as
well.
> In both cases, technology development has come to a virtual
halt,
> years ago.
>
> Store and forward technologies need to be preserved, developed,
> and encouraged.
>
> ---
> R O E L A N D  M .  J .  M E Y E R
> CEO, Morgan Hill Software Company, Inc.
> An eCommerce and eBusiness practice
> providing products and services for the Internet.
> Tel: (925)373-3954
> Fax: (925)373-9781
>
> > Behalf Of !Dr. Joe Baptista: Tuesday, June 13, 2000 5:03 AM
>
> > I-D ACTION:draft-barber-uucp-project-conclusion-00.txt (fwd)
> >
> > A historic event will happen on August 1, 2000
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 07:03:26 -0400
>
> >         Title           : The Conclusion of the UUCP Mapping
> Project
>
> >         Date            : 12-Jun-00
>
> >
>
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-barber-uucp-project-con
> clusion-00.txt
>
> Concluding the Project
>
>    Due to the fact that the maps are no longer widely used, the
>    volunteers that make up the project have decided it is time
to
> close
>    down.

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