When you want to actually use amprnet you need some way to find public services that are of interest.
Even APRS would be useful for folks that have 44net services to share. (Re-inventing bonjour/ZeroConf....) Perhaps this is a good reason to revive the HTPP convsers server (IRC clone) and use it for announcements like the DStar folks do with IRC technology.
The 'community' is still what makes 44net special.
Bill, WA7NWP