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Re: Why fido, icycles, ido, icomplete
From: |
Nicolas Semrau |
Subject: |
Re: Why fido, icycles, ido, icomplete |
Date: |
Fri, 8 Nov 2019 19:45:00 +0100 (CET) |
> ----------------------------------------
> From: Filipp Gunbin <address@hidden>
> Sent: Fri Nov 08 18:54:00 CET 2019
> To: João Távora <address@hidden>
> Cc: Ergus <address@hidden>, Drew Adams <address@hidden>, <address@hidden>
> Subject: Re: Why fido, icycles, ido, icomplete
>
>
> On 06/11/2019 22:03 +0000, João Távora wrote:
>
> > Ergus <address@hidden> writes:
> >
> >> 1) Do we really need another confusing mode (fido-mode)? instead of
> >> improve one of the already existing alternatives with just an option to
> >> use flex?
> >
> > I'm sorry you find the name confusing. I find it appealing (it's "fake
> > ido"), but we can change it (Stefan proposed icomplete-ido-mode).
>
> +1 for the name change, because Fido was a pre-Internet-era BBS network
> popular at least in Russia. I was too young when it was operational,
> but even for me the name would be confusing.
>
> Filipp
>
I agree. Since the "FidoNet" service (often shortened to "Fido") was
popular in at least a few European countries during the 80s/90s, I was
flabbergasted for a second to read that a new fido-mode is being
added. I therefore +1 a name-change.
Greetings
Nicolas
- Re: Why fido, icycles, ido, icomplete, (continued)
- Re: Why fido, icycles, ido, icomplete, Stefan Monnier, 2019/11/07
- Re: Why fido, icycles, ido, icomplete, Óscar Fuentes, 2019/11/07
- Re: Why fido, icycles, ido, icomplete, Stefan Monnier, 2019/11/07
- Re: Why fido, icycles, ido, icomplete, João Távora, 2019/11/07
- Re: Why fido, icycles, ido, icomplete, João Távora, 2019/11/06
- Re: Why fido, icycles, ido, icomplete, Ergus, 2019/11/06
- Re: Why fido, icycles, ido, icomplete, João Távora, 2019/11/07
- Re: Why fido, icycles, ido, icomplete, Ergus, 2019/11/07
Re: Why fido, icycles, ido, icomplete, Filipp Gunbin, 2019/11/08
- Re: Why fido, icycles, ido, icomplete, Óscar Fuentes, 2019/11/08
- Re: Why fido, icycles, ido, icomplete,
Nicolas Semrau <=
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- Re: Why fido, icycles, ido, icomplete, Ergus, 2019/11/08