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From: frodo@wcom.UUCP (Jim Scardelis)
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Subject: Re: A USENET Competitor
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Date: Sat, 20-Jul-85 22:40:59 EDT
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> The WELL sounds a lot like Compuserve.  They have SIGs or Forums
> which are run by SYSOPs (who have editorial control, but don't
> seem to use it much).  And there are National Bulletin Boards,
> but I've never used them.
> 
> All these are \Commercial/ attempts to do something like USENET.
> In fact, it makes me wonder ...
> When/how/where will USENET be gatewayed onto some commercial system?
> 
> John Burgess
> ATT-IS Labs, So. Plainfield NJ  (HP 1C-221)

	There is a company called "Korsemeyer Electronics" that uses access
to Usenet as one of its marketing points. The trouble is that the hidden
costs make it so expensive that it is cheaper to buy a Unix Micro, like the
IBM AT, Altos 586, or AT&T 7300.

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				Jim Scardelis
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