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От : Rob Swindell 1:103/705 04 дек 24 11:36:46
К : Tom Moore 04 дек 24 20:37:03
Тема : Qwk Vs Ftn
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Re: Qwk Vs Ftn
By: Tom Moore to All on Wed Dec 04 2024 11:06 am
> It looks like my last message went to the wrong echo.
> Hope this one goes to the correct one this time.
>
> What are some good points and bad points of Ftn`s vs Qwk networking?
> At this point from what I know Ftn allows for multiple levels of message
> distribution.
> When it comes to Qwk there seems to be a requirement for one system to be
> the central feed point for all nodes.
QWKnet can have a distributed star topology too. DOVE-Net used to,
back in the 90s, be a very big International web of QWKnet hubs (to
save LD phone charges). But nowadays with everything on the Internet,
there`s not a big reason to have such a distributed network.
The bad points of FTNs are complexity of setup, requiring a lot of
different software components and manual setup and maintenance. With QWK (and
Synchronet, in particular), it can be all automated. I`ve been running DOVE-Net
fully automated for decades. I don`t have megabytes of mail waiting for
nodes that vanish and I don`t have to approve or assign nodes or
anything like that. It`s fully automated. And I can innovate (e.g. add
voting/polling) without getting a lot of flack.
--
digital man (rob)
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