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<blockquote data-quote="jeffh" data-source="post: 2849061" data-attributes="member: 2642">Something that's been mentioned multiple times, by people who have heard the original podcast, even though 90% of the people responding to this thread have completely ignored it - Mongoose made no such representation. According to folks who have heard the podcast, they didn't actually say JMS was involved, they said they'd like him to be. That and an imprecise use of the word &quot;outline&quot;, combined with some sloppy questioning, is all this is originally about.Moreover, it was JMS who first publically commented on this, accusing Mongoose of misrepresenting his involvement, not Mongoose. Only after that - indeed, in response to it, and apparently only after trying several other ways of getting hold of him - did Matt launch the &quot;Open plea&quot; thread on Usenet.But don't anyone let pesky, inconvenient things like facts get in the way of a good rant.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jeffh, post: 2849061, member: 2642"] Something that's been mentioned multiple times, by people who have heard the original podcast, even though 90% of the people responding to this thread have completely ignored it - [SIZE=3][COLOR=DarkRed][B]Mongoose made no such representation[/B][/COLOR].[/SIZE] According to folks who have heard the podcast, they didn't actually say JMS was involved, they said they'd like him to be. That and an imprecise use of the word "outline", combined with some sloppy questioning, is all this is originally about. Moreover, it was JMS who first publically commented on this, accusing Mongoose of misrepresenting his involvement, [I]not [/I]Mongoose. Only [I]after [/I]that - indeed, in response to it, and apparently only after trying several other ways of getting hold of him - did Matt launch the "Open plea" thread on Usenet. But don't anyone let pesky, inconvenient things like facts get in the way of a good rant. [/QUOTE]

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