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From: zed@mdbs.uucp (Bill Smith)
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.misc
Subject: Re: Internet: The origins
Message-ID: <1990Oct27.213024.1840@mdbs.uucp>
Date: 27 Oct 90 21:30:24 GMT
References: <4771@tahoe.unr.edu> <4773@tahoe.unr.edu> <4775@tahoe.unr.edu> <1990Oct21.221104.11211@rice.edu> <EMV.90Oct22005206@picasso.math.lsa.umich.edu>
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In article <EMV.90Oct22005206@picasso.math.lsa.umich.edu> emv@math.lsa.umich.edu (Edward Vielmetti) writes:
>In article <1990Oct21.221104.11211@rice.edu> dboyes@titan.rice.edu (David Boyes) writes:
>
>   Excuse me, but let's keep our folklore straight. Merit, the current
>   babysitter of this fine collection of high-speed toys we call the
>   NSFnet does a quite good job. It might surprise you that Merit is a
>   joint venture between IBM and MCI.
>
>It might surprise Merit too.  They have been around for a number of
>years doing networking around the state of Michigan.  
>
>Obdisclaimer: I don't work for Merit.
>
>--Ed
>
>Edward Vielmetti, U of Michigan math dept <emv@math.lsa.umich.edu>
>moderator, comp.archives
>PDP-11's foreverD

It might surprise the holder of the Merit trademark on Cigarettes. :-)

Bill Smith
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