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On 16 Mar 19  03:32:31, August Abolins said the following to Ward Dossche:

AA> Www embraced commercial presence.  Fidonet was always promoted as "hobby"
AA> non-commercial.  Hence, Www gets corporate funding, compuserve is created, 
AA> comes along, subscriptions are offered, etc. That's why it is remembered.
AA> Fidonet is completely different, just a hobby network, privately supported 
AA> nothing wrong with that except that is not what makes the evening news.

I don't think I've chatted with you since the TBBS / AdeptXBBS days 8-)

T.B.L complaining that the web isn't what he wanted it to be, I do not feel 
any sympathy for and I hate how the media plays the story as if I'm supposed 
to feel sorry for him or look at him as a diety. He was actively involved in 
the creation of some protocols that he knew darn well were going to be used 
and exploited for commercial usage.

AA> I learned about Fidonet through a BBS magazine. I believe one particular i
AA> I had even included RBBS-PC (or it was ordered by request, I can't remember
AA> But that's what got the ball rolling for me.

Fidonet for me in 1989/1990 was what HAM radio was to nerd teens growing up in
the mid 80's. When I got a reply from someone 3,000 miles away, I was hooked.

I was a huge fan of Seadog, TBBS/Flame, etc but D'Bridge sold me in the end.

Nick

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