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From: nazgul@apollo.uucp (Kee Hinckley)
Newsgroups: news.misc
Subject: Re: Request for clarification
Message-ID: <3c4e6418.b0a1@apollo.uucp>
Date: 27 May 88 18:53:00 GMT
References: <560@n8emr.UUCP>
Reply-To: nazgul@morgul.UUCP (Kee Hinckley)
Organization: Apollo Computer, Chelmsford, MA
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In article <560@n8emr.UUCP> lwv@n8emr.UUCP (Larry W. Virden) writes:
> 
> I am curious about an attitude I keep seeing around the net recently.
> I keep seeing the concept of "well, why dont you just go use a local
> BBS'?  Has anyone thought about the possibility that folks ARE using a
...
> and files, etc. between a usenet host and other software based hosts
> (fidonet, proline, other?)  Look at that nixpub listing of folks runnign
> public access Unix systems which provide usenet access (portal, chinet,
> ncoast, Big Red, etc)  Why is it that folks are being flamed when many of 
> them ARE using local BBS?

In fact it is certainly true that most of the binaries (and sources) that
I carry on my ProLine BBS I gathered off of usenet and/or uucp-based mailing
lists, I couldn't afford to run the BBS if that weren't the case.  Furthermore 
if you start checking posters on groups like comp.sys.apple you will find that 
a noticable percentage them are posting from ProLine systems like mine.

We are running into a very interesting situation where connectivity is getting
very high and the usenet backbone is no longer just carrying the load for
usenet sites, but also for everything down to the pc level.  Socially I think
it's an incredibly interesting phenomenon.  Financially I'm not sure how long
it's going to last.

                                                        -nazgul

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