On Tue, 19 Mar 1996 23:51:03 EST you said:
...
>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.
 
as usual ;-) but that's at least for me a reason to continue the GUMNCC
tasks beyond 31.12.96. and yes, i'm sorry, but i also can't make an official
but only an unofficial statement right now.....
 
-ulrich-
(GUMNCC management)
 
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>  Eric