First, this is said with the full knowledge of Colin MacDonald, FRED is now run by George Boyle, and from the start George has had countless problems, what with the FRED stuff going to Alan Clarkeson first, then via him to George, and still not all of the material relating to FRED has reached George.
According to Colin the ownership of FRED is still with Darren Wileman, if this is the case then Colin can not ask if anyone wants to take over, and Darren has already quoted George as the new owner, and if this is so then the only one who can ask this question would be Darren himself. George does not have the privilage of E-mail, and did not know that Colin MacDonald had posted his statement to the mailing list, I have been in touch with George who is not, to say the least happy with the statement by Colin MacDonald. When George took over the running of FRED he was given a number of uncashed cheques totaling £110.00, the first issue of FRED magazine (82) that George produced cost a total of £200, now as you can see from the begining George has started in the RED. This by the way, was done by George and George alone, not one of the old FRED team has helped George in any way, so it is supprising that an issue ever appeared. There are a number of people that subscribed to FRED magazine upto and including issue 92! Where I ask is the money from these subscribers? George estimates that around £1000,00 is unacounted for, Colin say`s that when a business changes hands money does not have to also, this may be the case regarding commercial software, but not the money recieved by the former owners regarding subscriptions (as this is an ongoing thing), and should in all honesty be passed on. When I took over Phoenix Software Systems from David Ledbury it was agreed that any money owed for any reason would be paid by David to me, this agreement has been fully upheld, I hope that in the future George can make a similar statement (but looking at the amount of money missing I doubt it). There have been statements in a SAM magazine that they have been doing all they can to help in the transition of FRED to its new owners, George has asked me to say that he has never recieved any help from anyone, and if anyone wants to contact him they can phone or write. The address to write to is: GEORGE T. BOYLE, 32 BARLEYFIELDS ROAD, WETHERBY, WEST YORKSHIRE, LS22 6PN. M.D.L.M (PERSONA) The users choice! PS. The northern SAM & SPECCY SHOW will be held in NORWICH, nr BOLTON on the 28th NOVEMBER, Booking forms can be obtained from the above address.
