In a message dated 03 Jan 96  11:13:28, Mark Lewis wrote:

AW> satisfy me, they broke up the net and made us both regional
AW> independents.  After that episode, the "net" grew to several
AW> nodes...

 ML> to "satisfy" you? what about the rest of fidonet? what about Policy
 ML> 4?

... at the time, I was more interested in getting a node number.  While I
did realize the impact that such an announcement would have, I felt it more
important to "get my foot in the door" before causing a
world-wide controversy.

 ML> don't get me wrong... we're "glad" you're here... ;-) i just don't
 ML> understand the apparent backrubbing that's going on... damn
 ML> politicians... they have no place in technical matters... they
 ML> confuse their hats too easily in many cases...

Agreed.  Perhaps now is the time to get things stirred up again... I just
attempted to crash my old NC.  Still using Tabby, still only supports
SEAlink... node 1:11/150, if you're bored.

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