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From: 0004219666@mcimail.com (Bob Stine)
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Subject: Re:  The network
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Date: 17 Oct 90 13:23:00 GMT
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>The point of my interest was that the networks never devolved in the conceptual
>outlines that were anticipated years earlier.  There is no *.org, *.gov, *.edu,
>or *.com networks...  There is an *.mil network but it incorporates all of the
>preceding "classes" of users.  There are regional networks that incorporate
>these "classes" of users.  There are no networks, to my knowledge, that are
>composed of a single "class" of user.

My understanding on this issue (such as it is :-)  ) is that the name space
is independent from the actual network topology.  E.g., having an "edu"
domain does _NOT_ mean that one should expect to find an education net.

If this thread goes much further, it would probably be more appropriate for
name-droppers.

Bob Stine
Applied Cybernetics, Inc.