> -----Original Message----- > From: Owner-Domain-Policy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Roeland Meyer (E-mail) > Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2000 9:45 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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.
