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Subject: But I keep maps... - (nf)
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Date: Sun, 7-Aug-83 22:40:52 EDT
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parsec!kolstad    Aug  7 14:43:00 1983

I have been mailing connect maps to all requesters for several months now.
The maps contain a list of connections and have the caveat that they
do NOT know about one-way -vs- two-way connections.  I maintain
the map daily from new site announcements and communications with several
other maintainers of maps.

U.Illinois built a program which (except for the one-way connection problem)
generates routes with the least number of hops (often as good as smb's router -- 
ut not often enough!).

The connections list is sent out each thursday evening to the people to whom I
connect (e.g., uiucdcs, ctvax, rice, allegra, ihnp4).  Those people then
forward the map to further sites (a scheme not too different from netnews
routing).

I'm not so sure I think we should be charging money for this sort of
thing.  What shall we do now?

				Rob "Mr. Naive" Kolstad