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History of Annoyances
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Tom Jennings

History of Annoyances
1987 
  Finister & Sabol's Resignation  - Comments by Tom Jennings (1987) (Zone 1)
1993 
  FrontDoor Dev - The Beginning  - by Peter Adenauer (1993) (Zone 1&2)
1995 
  Policy Complaint Against Steve Winter  - by John Souvestre (1995) (Zone 1)
1997 
  Zone 2 Excommunicates Tom Jennings  - by Zorch Frezberg (1997) (Zone 2)
2000 
  FidoLose! at RCAT.COM  - by Ruth Argust (2000) (Zone 1)
This is a reminder to all of us that "Checks and Balances" have been instituted under FidoNet Policy to insure that FidoNet runs very smoothly without many annoyances!
If you have a different version of any above story, we will post "both sides" here!

History of Computers
  Apple II Computer History (1991-1998)  - by Steven Weyhrich (Zone 1)
  BBS Backroads to the Info Super Highway (1970-2000)  - by Fire Escape (Zone 1)
  Computer History (1947-1997)  - by Ron Heuse (Zone 1)
  Computers: History & Dev  - by Jones Telecoms & Multimedia Encyclopedia (Zone 1)
  History of Computing  - by MaxFrame Corporation (Zone 1)
  History of MicroComputers  - by MaxFrame Corporation (Zone 1)
  PCs: History & Dev  - by Jones Telecoms & Multimedia Encyclopedia (Zone 1)
  TimeLine (1947-1997)  - by Ron Heuse (Zone 1)

History FidoNet Home
FidoNet Domain Name 
  DNS Query of FidoNet.org (25-Jan2001)  - by WHOIS (Zone 1)
FidoNet.Org DNS expires 26-Feb-2002
FidoNet Trademark Documents 
  Basic Facts About Registering A Trademark (1995)  - by US Patent and Trademark Office (Zone 1)
  FAQ About Trademarks (2001)  - by US Patent and Trademark Office (Zone 1)
  ® Trademark Certificate of Registration (1988)  - by US Patent and Trademark Office (Zone 1)
  ® Trademark Registered Picture (1988)  - by US Patent and Trademark Office (Zone 1)
  ® Trademark Status Info for Reg#1452977 (1993)  - by US Patent and Trademark Office (Zone 1)
  ® Trademark Status Info for Reg#1503643 (1995)  - by US Patent and Trademark Office (Zone 1)
FidoNet Trademark expires 13-Sep-2008
  Home of FidoNet  - Domain managed by George Peace (Zone 1)
FidoNet consists of less than 30,000 systems world-wide which comprise a network which exchanges mail and files via modems using a proprietary protocol. They are connected for the purposes of exchanging E-Mail to the Internet throught a series of gateway systems which interact with the Internet via UUCP with cooperating UNIX-based smart-hosts which act as their MX-receivers.

History of Internet
  A Brief History of the Internet (2000)  - by Walt Howe (Zone 1)
  A Brief History of the Internet and Related Networks (199x)  - by Vinton Cerf (Zone 1)
  History of the Internet (2000)  - by Internet Society (ISOC) (Zone 1)
  How the Internet Came to Be (1997)  - by Vinton Cerf (Zone 1)
  Internet Archaeology (2001)  - by USC Information Sciences Institute (Zone 1)
  Short History of the Internet (1993)  - by Bruce Sterling (Zone 1)
  The History of the Internet (1998)  - by Henry Hardy (Zone 1)
  TimeLine - 1947-1970 The Early Years  - by Steve Zeigler (Zone 1)
  TimeLine - BBN  - by GTEI (Zone 1)
  TimeLine - Hobbes' Internet at The MITRE Corporation  - by Robert Zakon (Zone 1)

Nostalgia
  A Little Bit Of BBS Nostalgia  - by Slashdot (Zone 1)

Tom Jennings (founder of FidoNet)
  Tom Jennings - A FidoNet Tribute  - by Frank Robbins (Zone 1)
Tom Jennings - A FidoNet Tribute covers the life and times of Tom Jennings - the founder of FidoNet.
Quick References 
  Fido and Fidonet  - by Tom Jennings (Zone 1)
  Fido and Fidonet Sources  - by Tom Jennings (Zone 1)
  Mini-Autobiography  - by Tom Jennings (Zone 1)
  Resumé  - by Tom Jennings (Zone 1)
  World Power Systems WebSite (since 1993)  - by Tom Jennings (Zone 1)
Detailed information will become available when the "Tom Jennings - A FidoNet Tribute" area (in the above link) is completed and a chance is provided to Tom to review this information about his life and FidoNet. Until then, the "Tom Jennings - A FidoNet Tribute" area is NOT online.

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