G'day Bob,

Replying to a message of Bob Lawrence to Paul Edwards on 24/05/97:

 DD>> Surely it can only be a Fidonet echo if it is being passed
 DD>> between Fidonet nodes? Paul's certainly isn't one of those.

 PE>> : You are using FT and fido numbers, now if you created your
 PE>> own network you : could pass mail for ever and a day, but
 PE>> techinically, because the messages : appear under the fido
 PE>> convention ie 3:???/???.??? then it's fido.

 PE>> Fidonet does not have copyright over the number "3". 

 BL>   It's incredible how people assume America makes the rules on planet
 BL> earth... as if it is unbarguable. Who gives a shit what a pakka
 BL> wankers call their nodes? If we're not using Fido technology to enter
 BL> the Fidonet and get replies, we can do anything we like. And we will.

Yep. That's what probably scares them so much.

Regards...Jeff (jeff{at}matra.com.au)

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