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Jeremy Chadwick <jdc@best.net> wrote:
: x-no-archive: yes

: Daniel Myers <dhm@best.com> wrote:
:> 3.  I forgot to ask them to put in ytalk, but I will next letter.

:         People still use ytalk across networks?  Then again, I shouldn't
:         be surprised, as there's still customers using icb.

In the case of 'icb':

You better believe it.  These people use it knowing full well
that IRC exists, but based on what I gathered, -because- icb is not
IRC and all the baggage associated with it (for better or worse).

I believe the development of icb occured contemporaneously to icb,
though obviously there has been much, much less development effort.

The chat channels we use at my company's hosted mail ops/eng group 
are icb-based.  I use ircII to access them, which seems to work well.  
We used to have an irc/icb gateway but due to the fact the employee 
writing it was laid off (and our irc server was taken down), it's not 
up currently.

:         Just curious, no offense meant or anything: is there really any
:         true purpose to continuing the best.* newsgroups on a Verio
:         news server?

Yes, I've been saying this for ages.  Addressed to the peanut gallery:  
Best is dead.  You guys are now using Verio, whether you like it or not.  
I would be severly disappointed to not see best.* (in all its guises, 
hi Malch!) die when the Best infrastructure is taken down.

:         Seems kind-of self-defeating, that's all.  It's just that after
:         the migration, there won't be any more trace of Best left.  Heck,
:         some have been arguing that for 2 years now.  I'm just trying to
:         figure out why everyone wants to keep the best.* groups.  :-)

I think the populace is suffering from Netcom syndrome.  Never in my
wildest dreams did I imagine this ever happening.

Take care,

--Sam