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In <BvK32L.DKs@ddsw1.mcs.com> karl@ddsw1.mcs.com (Karl Denninger) writes:
>In <1992Oct01.020738.5452@r-node.gts.org> marc@r-node.gts.org (Marc Fournier - Sys Admin) writes:
>>
>>In <1992Sep30.045453.8563@wolves.uucp> news@wolves.durham.nc.us writes:
>>>
>>>Some BBS programs allow the individual BBS systems to share messages by
>>>using a communications medium to exchange the messages via a standard
>>>protocol which the BBSes understand.  Such systems are "networked"
>>>BBSes.  There are several BBS Networks around the world. Among them are
>>>FIDOnet, WWIVnet, RIMEnet, VNET and Usenet.
>>>                                    ^^^^^^
>>
>>	Where is the Internet??  That is one of the major ones...
>>and, by your definitions, the Internet is as much of a BBS network
>>as Usenet is.
>
>Correct.

No!  The Internet is a physical network, all the listed nets are soft
nets on top of a variety of physical nets.  They may have some
similarities to the Internet by being protocol defined, but they are
also limited to being exchange networks for BBS messages.  The Internet
is one hell of a lot more than a simple message exchange method. (For
example, rlogin and telnet are not provided on the listed networks, nor
is DNS or NTP or a host of other protocols that depend on "direct
connections.")

>Add to that also "AKCSNet", which is the systems which run AKCS.  They can
>share conference material (including attached files for download!) using
>their own interchange protocol, or can (through a filter) speak Usenet.

	Thank you for the clarification of AKCS capabilities.  However,
the list is exemplary, not exhaustive or exclusive.

				Wolfe
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