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Janis,
>>>>>> George left Fidonet years ago.
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> 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..
It seems people have easily forgotten he chickened-out at the flick of a
finger when a sysop threatened to sue him ... 1995? That was one of the
fastest exists of someone I've ever seen.
Gone for 11 years already.
We will not be missed.
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