Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think.com!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!dkuug!iesd!iesd.auc.dk!fischer From: fischer@iesd.auc.dk (Lars P. Fischer) Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: BIX vs. Internet Message-ID: Date: 19 Jun 91 19:23:31 GMT References: <1991Jun18.150036.4198@GTEtele.com> <1991Jun19.014359.646@shaman.com> Sender: news@iesd.auc.dk Organization: Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Aalborg Lines: 15 In-reply-to: jiro@shaman.com's message of 19 Jun 91 01:43:59 GMT >>>>> On 19 Jun 91 01:43:59 GMT, jiro@shaman.com (Jiro Nakamura) said: Jiro> I was a member of BIX for a year. It was OK.... Something that annoys me about BIX is that they don't have a gateway to Internet or UUCP mail. CIX, a UK BIX-alike, has a gateway, making it possible CIX and Internet users to exchange mail. It is as if BYTE would like to make believe BIX is the only electronic communication system in the world. This is really silly. /Lars -- Lars Fischer, fischer@iesd.auc.dk | It takes an uncommon mind to think of CS Dept., Univ. of Aalborg, DENMARK. | these things. -- Calvin