Frederick and all, It is the same forum. but the name at first was not goanet. I am quite sure it was goacom.com. Marlon came into the picture later on when a Node was established in Panjim Goa in addition to the one in USA/Canada by Herman. I was using my first PC at work with RMIT UNI, in early 1995 then, when I discovered this; after that I bought and had my own PC at Home in late1995. It was then I used to boast to my colleagues that a small entity like Goa had a website running and most Govts. of the day did not have one .That is the Great Achievement of Herman; It was all broadcast from USA. I think Marlon was resident in Goa then, true goenkar! still with sheeth koddi! Then when the decision was taken to put up a Node in Goa, that is when Marlon was inducted, I think.We were then worried that the Forum might Fail as power outages in Goa were a dozen a day then! Marlon and his Dad, may have used portable diesel generators. Those were the pioneering days in these ventures! Then suddely came the Big Split; and goanet was started with the New Name and completely divorced from goacom.com. I do not know, who divorced whom; or if any Dowry was given or contemplated. That is the history as I remember it. I was one of the earliest subscriber to the forum and Proud of it! Nascy Caldeira
________________________________ From: Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا <[email protected]> To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, 2 September 2012 12:24 AM Subject: Re: [Goanet] goanet's 18th anniversary On 1 September 2012 16:36, Nascy Caldeira <[email protected]> wrote: > I think Herman will calarify that in Sept.1994, the goanet was know by > another name. It was goacom.com.then; some serious split or collision took > place, and goanet was started as a seperate entity and quite divorced from > goacom.com. > Nascy Caldeira > Nascy, you're mixing fact and fiction. You could find some links here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goanet http://www.goa-world.com/goa/about_goa/goanet_celebrates_its_6th.htm http://www.zoominfo.com/#!search/profile/person?personId=21061911&targetid=profile http://www.indiasocial.in/goanet-linking-the-goan-diaspora-across-the-world/ If you have any pointers to the contrary, please let me know. FN -- FN +91-832-2409490 or +91-9822122436 [email protected] Books from Goa,1556 http://scr.bi/Goa1556Books Audio recordings (mostly from Goa): http://bit.ly/GoaRecordings
