Fateful decision
tinkling coins
(C) Wladimir Bulchukey (500:95 / 462),
ZXNet (095) Coordinator
Illustration of a joke
(C) Alexey Antipov (Goblin)
One can not but pay tribute to the vitality ZX-SHADOW.
However, EMS, as they say, by itself, but in a speech Ilya
Ivanov sounded and disturbing chord, which may respond pain in
my heart any spektrumista. Yes, the activity of network drops.
EA-SOFT, for example, studied the statistics of visits of the
server for March and April, found that his MUSIC BBS for this
time worked in 1931 different users. Picking up a pile of
printouts "History" of my RABBIT BBS, I counted 65 people in
the same period. Let me remind you that for the first year
RABBIT BBS on it was visited by 145 different users, and it is
true that there was difficult to get through. But so it really
does now, "all started? Let's look at what is now download the
"users". Previously continued popularity enjoyed the game, but
now the emphasis has shifted to information. Permanent success
enjoyed newspapers, which are now represented a wide range of
periodicals from all over the Spectrum Russian-speaking world,
both the quantity and quality of papers has increased
considerably. Creativity, Motor majority of our comrades, was
reflected even in the names of some of Moscow BBS - see: HARD,
MUSIC. People invent a "piece of iron," write "bend" and the
music is increasingly talking in ehokonferentsiyah and
newsgroups. By the way, the traffic of these "places of
communication" is steadily growing, and interest interlocutors
have long ceased to be limited to Spectrum and computer topics,
in ZXNet (095) widely distributed, for example, Christian and
poetic Ehi. The number of users, subscribers, subscribers, etc.
into quality, and those who are "dumped" without regret, did it
only if he wishes, but not because the network is bad. In this
issue NICRON-and published a great article-interview Dmitry
Grigoryev (Oldman-ohm), and it so happened that touched on here
is intertwined with the theme of his story, which, in turn,
history and modernity are inseparable.
Now about "freeloading". Yes, when was the current
Constitution, acted and click on non-forwarding through the
network of commercial software. Now the composition of the
participants ZXNet (095) and user independent BBS is that we
can fully speak of absolute mutual trust, and I, as coordinator
ZXNet (095) ready to confirm before the whole world that the
notorious fact that Moscow liberties with copyrighted software
has sunk into oblivion. Of course, it is possible to adopt a
new charter, but no "paper" will never replace human
understanding, and on "independent" the Charter does not apply.
But understanding it has come, and the first serious evidence
of his creativity was related to Vyacheslav Mednonogova - doit
"Black Crow" in the network does not, though I held in my hands
floppy disk. But I returned the disk of its "owner", and I know
that because as did the rest, I do not here an example. That is
now the second serious test - EMS. ZX-SHADOW began promotion of
this project in Moscow, initially building on the principles of
civilized relations "by software - distributors - users. And
the results are there.
What next? The network operates and will operate until Moscow
is alive at least one CDOS-modem. These are the words of Alex,
but to join them and most sisopov, and all the creative users
and I, too, of course. Commissioning of the EMS - this is a new
qualitative rise in the network and the lives of the Spectrum,
and is unlikely at this background appropriate to talk about
"slow pogibanii. I look forward with optimism, despite the fact
that he was among the laggards of the rapid rhythm of events (I
think, if I say I have a lot of routine work in the current
network, I believe ;-)) Around the EMS.
We should not think that one day all will turn, and you want
- you do not want, buy EMS. Those users who did not want or can
not (for example, I have one registered with the 48K-point
machine) go to the EMS, retain the ability to work on the CDOS,
the more so in the old Charter was proclaimed a full free
network services. RABBIT BBS will run on CDOS alternately with
EMS; some of the other sysops too reported that no bids
farewell to CDOS. Well, those who are willing to pay for new
features, speed, convenience (just had not added the habit ...
and comfort ";-)) - go to sisopnik convened by the Committee of
Omega, as called him a ZX-SHADOW . I had already prepared a 12
rubles to buy a server version. Adding the number of users who
called in recently to my BBS, the number does not ring but
preserve the attachment to the Spectrum and listed in the list
of users ph_v113, I received a number of 94. In April, the
network includes two new users who have purchased and put on
your Speccy CDOS-up modems. Soon we'll know the results of a
survey conducted by questionnaire of "Scorpion" - if Moscow
number of respondents to the questionnaire will be
considerable, it is possible will talk about some statistics:
who kind of computer, how much memory in it and more. All this
taken together suggests that the rumors of our demise is very
premature :-), but therefore, we will live, work and create.
Good luck to all!
Yours -
Vladimir Bulchukey aka Wlodek Black.
ZXNet: 500:95 / 462
E-mail: wlblack@ns.91.ru
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