Subj : ALLFIX source
To : Dale Barnes
From : Roger Nelson
Date : Sun Jun 10 2018 06:02 am
On Sat Jun-09-2018 11:13, Dale Barnes (1:220/60) wrote to Roger Nelson:
>WD> At some point by people claiming to be in the know, I was told that
>WD> Bob actually bought the code and was sitting on it,
> That's what Bob told me.
>WD> Any truth in that or a wild story?
> I believed him.
DB> Bob was a friend of mine and we did business together.
Although we nevr met, rarely was there a time when I didn't spend at least an
hour speaking to him on the phone, and that was quite often. He was a big help
to me and when he passed, his son called me to let me know so I could post the
sad news in FN_SYSOP. I considered Bob a dear friend.
DB> The code was given to him. It could have been viewed as payment
DB> for other things we were working on or loss of income for projects
DB> that I was not going to be able to complete due to exiting
DB> fidonet. So in his eyes, I could see his point of view that he
DB> purchased it and would make that statement but no money or
DB> contract exchanged between us when I turned it over to him.
I can see it happening that way. Memory fades with time and it was probably
the way you stated. He told me about it over the phone years ago, so I have no
clear recollection of it.
DB> Bob and I spent lots of time talking, coding and spending money on
DB> our hobby and the great ideas we had. It was also 16 years ago and
DB> other than the emails I have, my memory on all details is not what
DB> it use to be. :)
The first call I received from him was when I was elected R19EC back in the
late Nineties. It had to be a Kodak moment for me when he told me who he was
and that he didn't know whether to congratulate me or offer his condolences.
Either one would have been accurate.
DB> Ken I am sure will release something pretty good once he can get
DB> the resources on it.
