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From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: unido making commercial use of the net
Message-ID: <1989Jun30.152540.23220@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
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Date: Fri, 30 Jun 89 15:25:40 GMT

In article <3281@shlump.dec.com> michaud@decvax.dec.com (Jeff Michaud) writes:
>> Right on, close down all those disgusting commercial sites that charge for
>> news access.  Starting with uunet...
>
>	Since when is "uunet" a commercial site?  Its non-profit last I heard.

There is nothing contradictory in that; it is a non-profit corporation, like
Usenix or ACM.  This does not mean it doesn't charge for its services, only
that it doesn't pay dividends to investors.
-- 
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