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On Wed, 26 Aug 1992 17:22:52 EDT Mike Ramundo said:
>I understand that a for-profit company only has to pay a negligable fee
>( relative to what we all pay for maintenance ! ) ( i believe <<5K )
>to become connected to BITNET.
>
>I think we should demand that Systems Center connect to BITNET and
>bring up LISTSERV.

I think that SCI and we would be better served by doing something similar
to what SAS Institute did (change sas.com to sci.com below):

- get an internet connection (sas.com)
- get a copy of listserv     (listserv@vm.sas.com)
- create a discussion list   (xxxx-l@vm.sas.com)
- install an ftp server      (ftp.sas.com)
- make zaps available by ftp
- allow upload/download by ftp
- run a tracking server over internet e-mail (support@sas.com)
  which will locally merge tracking from e-mail with the main tracking system
- have direct e-mail contact between customers and tech support personnel
  (I contact my SAS marketing rep via e-mail pretty regularly)
- and any other thing I may have left out.

Now I do not work for SAS, but I am quite glad that they are this progressive.

I would point this out to your SCI contact verbally *and* in writing.
Sometimes describing what you already have going with another commercial
vendor will help more vendors to look into electronic access with more
determination.

I believe I have given the particulars of BITNET access to someone at SCI
at least twice over the last couple of years.  Commercial restrictions
of BITNET may be the stumbling block for SCI.  I'd expect internet access
would be a better bet in the long run.