One last thing… Most news organizations have a death file for famous people. Their obits have already been written.
Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 23, 2024, at 14:23, Wayne S <wayne.su...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > I do understand that opinion in and i agree. It’s that having worked for > major newspapers for 35 years, i know the way stories are written and how > much work goes into them and how much editing and fact checking is done. > There is only so much space for words and can’t be covered, so the writer > and copyeditor have to trim the article. Xmodem, while important, is not > something the average reader would know or remember much about, but a lot of > people would remember BBS systems since they were all over the news back then. > If you were to write an obit of Edwin deCastro, who recently died, what > accomplishments would you emphasize? > > > Sent from my iPhone > >>> On Oct 23, 2024, at 14:10, Fred Cisin via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> >>> wrote: >>> >>> On Wed, 23 Oct 2024, Wayne S via cctalk wrote: >>> I have to respectfully disagree. >>> This is an obituary for a person who has died, which is not a complete >>> history of his life. The articles are rather lengthy, for an obituary in a >>> major newspaper where space is limited. I think the author did do some >>> rather deep investigation. He did talk to Ward Christiansen‘s brother for >>> remembrances and information. >> >> We can get along without agreeing :-) >> >> If you will pardon some exaggeration to make clear my point, >> it is somewhat like going into detail about Henry Ford being co-founder of >> Kingsford charcoal, and then only two mentions, in passing, of making cars. >> :-) >> >> Yes, I admit that is an exaggerated analogy. >> CBBS WAS extremely important and significant. >> But, I think that XMODEM had even more long-term impact. >> >> -- >> Grumpy Ol' Fred ci...@xenosoft.com
