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KB2VXA > INFO 20.10.09 19:56l 36 Lines 1582 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
BID : 46155_VK6ZRT
Read: GUEST
Subj: Re: VE3WBZ > Bob gone
Path: IZ3LSV<IK3GET<IW2OHX<OE6XPE<DB0RES<ON0AR<VK6HGR<VK6ZRT
Sent: 091019/2336Z @:VK6ZRT.#BUN.#WA.AUS.OC #:46155 [Boyanup] $:46155_VK6ZRT
From: KB2VXA@VK6ZRT.#BUN.#WA.AUS.OC
To : INFO@WW
Hi Pete and all,
Don't forget Ray VK2TV, his BBS gone and he with it. He lost interest in
packet altogether quite a while back and was battling himself to keep the
BBS running as a courtesy to others. Finally circumstances gave him
reason to shut it all down and quit altogether. This gave his immediate
forwarding partner reason, he had no users so that BBS is QRT as well.
Add to the list those you have been seeing giving notice over the last
few months and you have a large portion of Oz gone bye bye.
Each had his reasons and I'll venture a guess that the degeneration of
the English speaking sub network into a home for trolls who would be
booted off the majority of internet forums in a heartbeat had something
to do with driving users away and leaving sysops with nothing to do but
waste electricity. Word has it that packet is the least popular of all
Amateur activities, one peek at a BBS pretty much verifies it and it
doesn't take a genius to figure out why. Another word has it that so many
have let the licenses expire because it's pretty much the same around the
bands, a peek at the radio related non Amateur forums verifies this as
well.
Radio is simply a window through which society may be viewed and no
matter which one you look in you see pretty much the same thing. The
ancient Chinese curse lies heavily upon us: May you live in interesting
times.
73 de Warren
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Message timed by NIST: 23:36 on 2009-Oct-19 GMT
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