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mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539) writes:
>marc@r-node.gts.org (Marc Fournier - Sys Admin) writes:
>
>>>From: news@wolves.durham.nc.us
>>>Date: Mon Sep 28 23:00:00 EDT 1992
>>>Subject: 3. What is Usenet?
>>>
>>>Usenet is a network message sharing system that exchanges messages in a
>>>standard format.  Messages are arranged into topical categories called
>>>newsgroups.  The messages contain plain text information (which may
>>>include encoded binary information) and a series of headers that define
>>>who the message came from, when the message was posted, where it was
>>>posted, where it has passed, and other administrative information.
>>>
>>>There is not enough room here to fully discuss the ins and outs of
>>>Usenet.  There are several Usenet groups that are dedicated to
>>>discussion of Usenet itself.  (news.* and alt.culture.usenet are
>>>examples, the `*' refers to any newsgroup that begins its name with a
>>>string of "news.")
>
>>	Wait a minute!!  Usenet is much more then just the newsgroups!!
>>You are right, it is difficult to fully discuss the ins and outs of
>>Usenet, but it is not *JUST* newsgroups!!  IMHO, Usenet was the
>>predecessor for Internet, the main difference between the two
>>is the fact that the Internet involves *DIRECT* system connections
>>as opposed to going through a modem.  
>
>I think your history may be just a bit off.  I believe that ARPAnet
>was the predecessor for Internet.  Usenet is just one of several nets
>which are included when one uses the phrase 'Internet'.

Of for crying out loud.  Usenet *is* JUST THE NEWSGROUPS.  There is no
physical network called Usenet.  Usenet uses a whole variety of other
networks to carry its traffic.  Usenet is a protocol on top of a
physical layer.

The ARPAnet was in place several years before the folks at Duke (whom I
worked with - but not on netnews) wrote the first netnews programs that
blossomed into Usenet with amazing speed in 1980.
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