[nos-bbs] Re: JNOS closer to Winlink than many realize + hf.ampr.org anyone ?

[maiko at pcs.mb.ca]

Jay wrote :

>    Our Section Manager here in Michigan "challanged" us with building a
> network that our "customers / Served Agencies" can easily interface to and
> use a "familiar" interface like Outlook.  I told him we've been doing that
> since 1992 (FORTEEN YEARS!!!).  We have a number of JNOS HamGates deployed
> around the State of Michigan and will triple that number this Summer.
> Between HamGates, JNOS nodes, and X1J4 NetROM nodes, we should be able to
> reach *most* populated areas of our State with ease :-)

Jay, you show tremendous enthusiasm. Keep at it !

> it is up to those of us who know what the "Swiss Army Knife" of Packet can
> do (a.k.a. JNOS), we need to PROMOTE and PUBLISIZE that our networks are
> growing and can supply as good or better services than WinLink! :-)

I think it's only fair to add to this - that at the same time we should
also maintain a civil thought in our efforts to promote and publisize,
and try to respect the other systems out there, including WinLink. I
personally don't want to see people blatantly smearing WinLink, just
so that we can promote JNOS or other NOS variants.

Maiko