Text 22499, 67 rader
Skriven 2015-04-02 09:36:00 av Bill McGarrity (14576.2fidonews)
  Kommentar till text 22488 av Björn Felten (2:203/2)
Ärende: Re: The NAB and the Troika, RIP
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-=> On 04-02-15 11:07, Bjorn Felten wrote to All <=-

Hiya Bj%rn...

 BF> This is one article that I could have published in the Fidonews proper
 BF> if I wanted to, but since I've sworn to stay out of politics as editor
 BF> I'll let it stay here in the echo (along with the dozens of other
 BF> articles I have written but rejected that you will never see).

 BF>    Just a couple of years ago, the entire fidonet relied on the NAB for
 BF> the echomail distribution. Three systems that collected and distributed
 BF> almost everything.

 BF>    Then suddenly something happened. The three NAB operators went over
 BF> the edge and took one step too many. They wanted to control the only
 BF> free speech of fidonet, the Fidonews.

 BF>    They disconnected the entire fidonet world from all their echoes
 BF> just to make sure that their stolen echo and file-echo FIDONEWS was the
 BF> only one available to the world.

 BF>    Amazingly, just after a couple of weeks, the entire fido world was
 BF> able to repair the damage they caused, and from that sprung the
 BF> Fidoweb.

 BF>    Now the NAB and their Troika is reduced to next to nothing. Sure
 BF> enough, some old-timers in Z1 still rely on them, but the majority now
 BF> get their daily doses of fidonet echoes via the Fidoweb.

 BF>    The new Z1 Troika is rather anonymous, and probably have no urge to
 BF> raise to fame, but I still want to name them: Bill McGarrity, Nicholas
 BF> Bo.l and Andrew Leary.

 BF>    There are half a dozen more Z1 systems working with us, albeit not
 BF> to the full extent as the above three, kudos to you too!

In talking to you as a friend, it was nice to hear of the history regarding the
issues of the past.  History does perform a valuable service as a learning tool
but I don't think this was meant as just a hitory lesson.  Who moves the mail
is not important.  That it gets moved is. I'm sure Janis has shaken her head
many times over the amount of dupes she's seeing as both you and her are one
step away from each other due to me.  I know I grab thousands here and am sure
you and her get just as many.  That being said, not once has Janis said a word
to me other than when my system took a massive dump a few month ago through my
stupidity.  I'm sure there could be a better way to supply this so called
*fidoweb* more efficiently but till now, I don't think any one of the three you
mentioned (I can only speak for myself) require those kudos.  We're here to
have fun.  Yes, tempers get the best of us at times but the funny part, we all
become gounded after time.  We just hvae to realize ALL of Fidonet is one big
dysfunctional family. ;)


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Bill

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