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

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From: Stuart Lynne
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1992 21:04
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In article <92Sep27.084932edt.163@smoke.cs.toronto.edu> tg@cs.toronto.edu (Tom Glinos) writes:
>In article <smith.717488576@sfu.ca> smith@fraser.sfu.ca (Richard Smith) writes:
>>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"

I'm not aware of any restrictions on any organization joing .edu or .com at
this point in time. If SFU or UNBC wanted to join .edu it should be possible.
If I wanted to create wimsey.com I could. 

It's really a matter of taste I guess.

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From: sl@wimsey.bc.ca (Stuart Lynne)
Subject: Re: UNBC ... Online? Yes ... And Way Cool!
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Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1992 21:04:18 GMT
Message-ID: <Bv9977.6DF@wimsey.bc.ca>
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