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) > > Eric