Author: Fred Wilson
Date: 07:29:13 01/22/04
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On January 22, 2004 at 03:47:51, Bob Durrett wrote: >On January 22, 2004 at 02:18:05, margolies,marc wrote: > >>the poster, << Fred Wilson>> is spoofing the identity of a well-known chess book >>dealer. >>The real Fred Wilson, an acquaintance of mine, only uses Apple Macintosh >>computers. Nor does the real Fred Wilson use a canadian email address. Nor is he >>a Fischer fan (as the email address suggests) in any way. >>Please kill this fraudulent account ASAP. >>thanks- Marc Margolies > >Marc, the true identity of "Fred Wilson" could be anybody, including the >individual you suspect. > >My name is very unusual and yet I know that there are several people with my >name in the USA. My name is Robert Henry Durrett but I go as Bob Durrett. >There is a Bob Durrett listed by the United States Chess Federation, USCF, but >it's not me. There are at least ten Robert Durretts in the USA who do not play >chess. For a common name like "Fred Wilson" or "John Jones," there are, I >suspect, dozens of them. Maybe hundreds. > >The key is to compare the individual's bulletins to the requirements of the >charter. If they comply, then there can be no complaint even if the guy is >Satan in the flesh! It would be nice, of course, if all our bulletins could be >brilliant gems of wisdom but that's expecting a little too much. My bulletins >are a little bit dumb sometimes too! : ) > >Compliance with the charter is all that is required. > >Bob D. Are you suggesting there was some sort of problem with my posting?
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