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On Tue, 19 Mar 1996 16:19:30 EST "Eric C. Anderson"
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>In the first part of the memo, a statement is made of support through
>12/31/96, but later on in the document, there is a recommendation of
>support at least until the end of June. What is the difference between
>the end of June and the end of December, or was this just a typo?
CREN's fiscal cycle runs from July to June, so last summer people paid
CREN for service until the end of June. When I saw the two dates, I
assumed CREN was trying to actively discourage people from creating a
mess during their current cycle, as people who paid good money for a year
of service might complain that there had been no adequate warning.
December 31 is when the GUMNCC's funding officially runs out.
>If this means that support is being dropped starting at the end of June
>with support completely dropped by the end of December, does this mean
>that LISTSERV/NJE will break starting in July?
I don't think it means anything other than "CREN recommends you leave
BITNET by the end of the year". The people who run the BITNET core
learned the news by reading usenet (at least I did); there has been
absolutely *no* technical coordination or discussion of this decision
among the core operators. Similarly, there is no *plan* for a graceful
shutdown. Nobody knows what's going to happen, and nobody is organizing
it. I think people who were waiting for an official signal to drop out
will drop out, and others will stay. But nobody knows what will happen or
when, because there is no plan, no organization, no coordination, etc.
Eric
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