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Kind of a sad Fidonews
By Frank Vest
flv@texoma.net

Yes, it's kind of a sad Fidonews.

There are two articles that relate the demise of Fidonet Nodes and Nets. One relates to a Node that was forced to quit some years back due to things beyond control. The other is kind of a sad reflection of the current times in Fidonet.

Let's not lose heart in this. While there are those that leave us, that is a way of life. Let's be happy for the one's that are still here and try our best to keep ourselves here. For sure... as sure as in life... there will be those who leave us. We don't want to see them go, but they will go just the same.

As is shown by the story of Music Drain BBS, the loss of a BBS and Fidonet Node can be turned into something positive. A gathering of Sysops to remember a lost one. A chance to meet and chat, face to face, with those that we only know from messages. One BBS created a "family". The loss of that BBS wasn't enough to destroy that "family". The family still lives and the lost one is rememberd. A sadness, yes, but a positve as well.