Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!portal!sv!daven
From: daven@svc.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: America Online/applelink
Message-ID: <1990Dec13.055734.28380@svc.portal.com>
Date: 13 Dec 90 05:57:34 GMT
References: <1990Dec12.203434.10511@mailer.cc.fsu.edu>
Organization: Software Ventures
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In article <1990Dec12.203434.10511@mailer.cc.fsu.edu> djb@mailer.cc.fsu.edu (David Brightbill) writes:
>Are America Online and applelink the same system?  Are there any gateways
>between either system and the rest of the world?
>
>BTW, a net.gateways newsgroup would make a fine addition to Usenet.

No, not the same system/service at all. They share a commonality though. They
were both given life by Apple. AppleLink continues to be devoted to Apple's
needs, but America Online has become a seperate venture with no ties to Apple.

What would be the focal point of a "net.gateways" newgroup?


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