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The Fidonews at a Glance

In the "Editorial" this week, I vent some thoughts about why we so easily act like jerks in echo- and netmail.

The "General Articles" section received only one submission, from Michael Grant, giving his pennies worth on the future of FidoNet.

Frank Vest explains why it's more important to gain more writers to FidoNet than to increase the nodelist, in a guest editorial.

In "Fidonet Software Reviews" I tell you about an old, but rarely heard of, program, that I think can make things easier for most of the users as well as coordinators and sysops of FidoNet.

Ol' man Bonner is back again, as hot as ever.

Our "International Kitchen" section has the first of 15 dainty dishes from Japan, thanks to Carol, our correspondent from the Far East, plus this editor takes a shot on Russian beet root soup, i.e. Borsjtj.

Yet another one from the archives went into the Clean Jokes..." section, awaiting funnier contributions from the readers. I sincerely hope that no French readers will take offence. The edge is pointed at the typical US tourist and not at you!

You'll also find there the first of a planned series from the times when sysops were serious men with white coats and computers were bigger than closets and needed a small nuclear power plant to operate; the classic Bastard Operator From Hell. Just to put things in perspective. Don't try this at home kids, he's a pro, he knows what he's doing...