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From: jgreco@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (Joe Greco)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: Missed posting?
Message-ID: <3030@csd4.milw.wisc.edu>
Date: 21 Jun 89 06:09:23 GMT
References: <89061907384942@masnet.uucp>
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Reply-To: jgreco@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (Joe Greco)
Organization: Not around here. Totally Unorganized.  A Real Mess.
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In comp.sys.cbm article <89061907384942@masnet.uucp>, blaine.white@canremote.uucp (BLAINE WHITE) wrote:
]Thanks for re-posting that message!  Alot of it makes sense to me...I
]used to be Node 80 AND Node 87 on PunterNet...however I opted to go to
]PCBoard because Steve refused to listen to any of my ideas...They were
]always shot down by a flippant remark, or an argument.

(or, when there was a problem, ignoring and denying it)....

]  Well, All I can say is: even though I wish PunterNet the best success,
]I can see it dropping out of sight within a few years, especially if
]Steve is still in charge.  I watched the Net go from over 100 "supposed"
]Nodes to 30 acutal operating Nodes.

It's already dropping out of sight.  Network activity has been at a
minimum for several years, at least in this area.  Most of the
operators I knew grew frustrated with "GOD" (Steve Punter, for those
who are not familiar) a long time ago.  They're dropping like flies.
Some are going MS-DOS, some simply are quitting.  Steve's attitude
towards me when I talked to him about some modem problems seem to be
typical.  I was running a US Robotics Courier 2400, and the system
locked up even operating only at 3/1200.  He blamed my modem, and I
switched to a 2400e.  Same problem.  He tried it with his own
hardware, and announced that I was full of it because he couldn't
duplicate the problems.  Such wonderful service.  Or the MetroNet
affair (I won't bore everyone with a rehash....)

Before dealing with him, I was enthusiastic enough about PunterNet to
be willing to open a second BBS to support it.  After dealing with
him, and spending a few hundred dollars on the project, I decided that
he was full of **** and that PunterNet wasn't worth the trouble of
putting up with his Attitude.

]Blaine White.

Joe Greco * Node 30 Owner but not Operator
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