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   TM>MJ> I know he charged an arm and a leg:   
       
   TM> WHERE are you getting all this OLD $H!T NEWS?!?!?!   
       
   Chris Irwin is the originator of the product, he did charge for user-keys and   
   had a complete network with commercial representation. Several authors tried   
   to make a buck out of Fido but I think there were no major commercial   
   successes.   
       
   So eventually in the 2nd part of the 90-ies Chris Irwin effectively abandoned   
   it. He briefly showed-up at the end of 1999 to deal with some Y2K-issues but   
   lived-up to the common perception that whenever he solved a bug in D'Bridge,   
   he created 2 others. His Y2K-version was crap and removed here the day it was   
   installed, went back to 1.85 and the by then known bugs with their   
   work-arounds. I think around that time I was the only user remaining and that   
   did't change for some years.   
       
   The work-arounds were lovely, I even managed to get 1.85 to function in an   
   IP-environment.   
       
   Then came this spoiled bratt from somewhere Toronto who convinced Chris Irwin   
   to release the code, which Chris eventually reluctantly did as if he was   
   giving away the PIN-code of Fort Knox.   
       
   I think one of the first things Nick did was to kick-out the key-code ... and   
   then the picture changed. New stuff happened ...   
       
    \%/@rd    
      
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