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From: Makey@Logicon.COM (Jeff Makey)
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Subject: Re: BITNET hosts also internet?
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Date: 13 Jul 90 18:21:29 GMT
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In article <3803@shemesh.GBA.NYU.EDU> ittai@shemesh.GBA.NYU.EDU (Ittai Hershman) writes:
>For years now, the idea of a BIT.NET zone (or any permutation thereof)
>has been rejected by the "Name Czars".

I don't think they could really prevent *any* permutation.  If someone
with the appropriate responsibility and authority would maintain the
zone database, they could call it BITNET.CUNY.EDU for all I care.  As
I see it, the hard problem is getting someone to commit to maintaining
the zone.

>It is rather sad that with all the talk of gigabit networks and
>interoperability, no one seems to care enough about this issue to make
>something happen.

Yup.

                           :: Jeff Makey

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