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to: Ward Dossche
from: Jeff Smith
date: 2006-05-21 03:06:54
subject: Echomail

Hello Ward.

21 May 06 08:48, you wrote to Janis Kracht:

 WD> Janis,

 >>>>>>> George left Fidonet years ago.
 WD> ...
 >> Yep.. His company took off right away from what I remember...what's
 >> funny to me is we discovered he worked closely with a company that
 >> we'd dealt with way way back before the internet became so free and
 >> easy .. back then, you could only send an ISP a list of files or
 >> info you wanted (and it wasn't cheap) and then the next day or
 >> whatever you could download the stuff.. and if you tried to
"access"
 >> some systems during BUSINESS hours and tied things up you'd might be
 >> blacklisted. It was a whole different world then..

 WD> It seems people have easily forgotten he chickened-out at the flick of
 WD> a finger when a sysop threatened to sue him ... 1995? That was one of
 WD> the fastest exists of someone I've ever seen.


        How could we easily forget. After all we have you
there to remind us.

 WD> Gone for 11 years already.

 WD> We will not be missed.


        Oh,I am sure there will be somebody that will miss you. 

 WD>  \%/{at}rd

 WD> --- D'Bridge 2.41
 WD> (2:292/854)

Jeff

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