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           Bob Satti: A Great Man
           by Janis Kracht, 1:1/0

Former R17C, Z1C and IC Bob Satti passed away on Tuesday morning, May
16th, 2006, to the dismay of many many people. He was 49 years old and
much to young to have left us.

His start in the network was right there in the beginning with the
great people of our hobby:

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Bob, a programmer specializing in networking
software, became interested in what was then
called Remote or Host Systems in the mid
1970s. He found another hobbyist in Toronto
with similar interests-after a lot of
experimentation, they reached a milestone of
sorts. According to Bob, "One day he typed
an 'M' and I received an "H", and we each
celebrated this success by going out for
dinner". After getting the process a little
more reliable, he went on-line on January
10th, 1977. "The phone company couldn't
understand why I would want a second line in
my house!"

From Happy 20th to BC's Basicly BBC by Alan
Zisman (c) 1997. First published in Computer
Player, April 1997
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Bob was a special fellow, and we'll all miss him immensely. Those of
us who were fortunate enough to work with him will never forget his
love for our network and his dedication to Fidonet. As he first coined
the now familiar phrase, "Noted", he let people know that he heard
their concerns and cared about the situations that were important to
SysOps in Fidonet.

Bob worked above all else to make Fidonet a better place for all
SysOps - it didn't matter what region, or what Zone - he wanted
Fidonet to be place where people could work together and enjoy this
hobby.  People and SysOps were important to him.

This was apparent in his desicion to work with some great people such
as David Hallford and others when amassing ideas and plans for moving
Fidonet towards using the Internet for the transfer of echomail and
files.  It was apparent when as Z1C, he righted wrongs brought before
him.

It was apparent in the positions he held as well - when he became IC
of Fidonet, he realized that he wanted to give it his all and so he
resigned as Z1C:
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Originally posted in RGN17-Admin:

Feb-27-2002
Hi Folks
My third 2 year term as Z1C will be
ending in the next few weeks. I have
decided not to run for Z1C again, which
will allow me to spend more time dealing
with several matters that I would like to
attend to as IC.

Many folks, when they 'move on' in Fidonet,
let loose with a barrage of sour grapes. I
won't be doing that, as I have thoroughly
enjoyed being Z1C for the past 6 years.
With few exceptions, you folks are the
greatest!

And so we move on. I will stay on as Z1C
until such time as the RC's decide on how a
new ZC will be selected, and select one. If
you would like to see this
selection/election progress in a particular
fashion, by all means take the matter up
with your RC.


Take Care

Bob Satti
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Terribly saddened with his passing, the responses I've heard from
people are unanimously full of respect and appreciation for Bob.
Finally, a few of those responses that have been sent to me:

This is indeed a shock. Though we met so very few of our peers we all
became friends. The loss of a friend and one of FidoNet's leaders is a
sad time.

He was probably the best influence on Fidonet in his day.

They simply don't make them like Bob any more and he'll be greatly
missed.

I too remember Bob as someone who was always there to help and support
the network.


Yes, we will miss Bob and feel his absence every day, but we are
richer having known him.

Janis Kracht
Z1C
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                 A monument has fallen down
                 By Ward Dossche 2:292/854


Odd perhaps for some that I'm writing something on the occasion of Bob
Satti's passing.

Many will have adopted the belief that Bob and I were arch-enemies.
This is not the truth.

While it is perfectly correct that him and I did not share certain
opinions on a number of subjects, it is little known that in private
Bob and I shared a mutual respect for eachother which was expressed in
a number of mails.

Bob has been there always for as long as I can remember since I joined
Fidonet somewhere in the 80-ies. Violent talks often went on about
policy-documents in those days and when P4 made it in the
Fidonet-headlines Bob was involved in the creative process that lead
up to its adoption.

Fidonet and P4 were Bob's pride and that was not always known to a
large part of the community. Bob was human, such as we all are, with
our strong points and our weaknesses and because of that he was not
perfect the same way none of us are perfect.

But he was a monument and the monument has now fallen down. There is
no replacement. Other than the void left by people voluntary leaving
Fidonet, the void left by him is of a different nature because he will
be remembered.

My wish is that where-ever he is now, they have WiFi so he can
communicate in a zone of their own with some of the monuments which
have fallen-down before him and who equally left a void ...

Ron Dwight, Gordon Lewicky, Detlef Nick, Louis Van Geel, Doug Myers,
Clay Tannacore ...

The list becomes disturbingly long ...

Included in this Fidonews is a photo of Bob: 'satti.gif', at least
I've requested the editor about the possibility to include it. There
are more around but it's the one I have on my site for some years now.

Greetings,

 \%/@rd


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