[cctalk] Re: Ward Christensen NY Times Obituary

On Oct 23, 2024, at 14:23, Wayne S <wayne.sudol(a)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(a)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 cisin(a)xenosoft.com