Subj : Re: The Documentary...
To   : alt.bbs.synchronet
From : textfiles
Date : Thu Aug 04 2005 05:03 pm

From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

I approached every Fidonews editor I could find. I got four: you, Tim
Pozar, Tom Jennings, Thom Henderson. I figured that if anyone could
have some insight into the working of the day to day Fidonet, it was
the Fidonews editor, since their newsletter was the sounding board for
conflicts, resolutions, announcements and the like. So that's why you
were initially approached.

You weren't the only one to say "No way am I going on camera", not by a
long shot. Many people did, people who I've since been criticized for
not including. In some cases, they don't even want people to know they
talked to me.

I can tell you that at least two people interviewed in the fidonet
episode have indicated they have no plans to watch the DVD set at all;
they gave interviews out of a sense of duty but that period is painful
and closed. This is the stuff that not easy to explain to people who
indicated I "missed" stuff.

The fact it was a one-man operation is a nice trivia fact but it
shouldn't get more or less criticism based on it; I certainly strove to
make it work in a way that a single crew member could function
properly.

I am very pleased I kept my promise to you.

Tom Jennings was interviewed at the behest of others (they indicated I
was pretty serious and I "got it"). I have had contact with him several
times since, and yes, it's definitely over and done for him. He's done
so much, of which Fidonet was a piece. It's nice the world has people
like that in it.

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