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Re: UNBC ... Online? Yes ... And Way Cool!

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From: Tom Glinos
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1992 12:49
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In article <smith.717488576@sfu.ca> smith@fraser.sfu.ca (Richard Smith) writes:
>Don't be too sure. I am not sure what is driving it, but both Waterloo
>and U of T are advertising internet addresses which include the .edu
>part. It seems like posturing, to me, and an attempt to distinguish
>themselves from all the 'riff raff' colleges and private groups in
>.ca, and also cosy up to the big American universities. (There, that
>should irritate someone...)

Nonsense. Both U of T and Waterloo had machines on the internet
long before the .ca domain became official. Hence these sites
are "grandfathered"
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From: tg@cs.toronto.edu (Tom Glinos)
Subject: Re: UNBC ... Online? Yes ... And Way Cool!
Message-ID: <92Sep27.084932edt.163@smoke.cs.toronto.edu>
Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto
References: <335@unbc.edu> <1992Sep25.180909.21198@unixg.ubc.ca> <1992Sep25.222336.28015@ee.ubc.ca> <1992Sep25.230356.4687@sfu.ca> <smith.717488576@sfu.ca>
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