G'morning Andrew, 

Thanks for your posting of...

 ac> From http://slashdot.org/articles/03/02/16/2028220.shtml?tid=95 :

 ac> Re:Don't Forget Message Networks (Score:2, Informative)
 ac> by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 17, {at}01:33AM (#5317606)

 ac> Just to set things clear at the beginning, I'm "Sparky",
 ac> the Sparky in "Sparkware", and I'm the "father"
of the QWK
 ac> format.

I have greatly benefitted from the QWK concept over the years - 
not just as a user,  but in making Fidonet available to a set of 
classroom computers via a slippernet (inward packets distributed 
by floppy disc; class replies on disc amalgamated into one packet 
at the office for dispatch over the only modem back to a BBS).

The technique remains (in my ex-Army Signals view of 
communications) far superior to internet email,  providing for 
brief phone contact, precise and secure comms in speedy ways.

Well done, Sparky !

:-))
 
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