Note: In a world bound together by the Internet -- indeed, when dealing specifically with Internet-related matters, and with someone who's not afraid to use that forum herself -- it just doesn't pay to screw someone over. Especially just to, evidently, be a cheapskate.
Yes, I mean, you, Bill.
"Either a good or a bad reputation outruns and gets before people wherever they go."
-- Lord Chesterfield
UPDATE (22-Dec-04): Bill has contacted me and asked (nicely, explictly non-threateningly, but firmly) that, given the high pagerank this page has ended up having in Google associating his name with this matter, and given that he claims to have documentary proof that that he's in the right of the dispute (which, at this late date, I declined to review), I either publish a retraction, or, preferably, delete this post.
Being an historian, and being an honest man, I'm always reluctant to delete something from the record. Even when in error (which is not a concession of same), that error is part of the historical record and should remain as such.
Still, not wishing to either prolong unpleasantness, nor paper it over, I'm taking the following steps:
Hopefully that will satisfy all quarters, including my idiosyncratic own.
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