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Article #905Re: ukc breaking its own rules?
From: Pete French
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1989 11:01
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1989 11:01
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From article <257A85B0.6E59@telly.on.ca>, by evan@telly.on.ca (Evan Leibovitch):
> Fine. But how does this jive with a letter I received recently? The
> letter was addressed to:
> Evan Leibovitch
> System Telly
> The ONLY place I am identified this way is in the UUCP maps!
It was probably an old map - I got one of these as well and I havent been
in the map entries for quite some time (I was listed as contact person for
uk.co.bt.kyns last summer). Try asking uknet@ukc.ac.uk.
> While I am not bothered by the mailing itself, I hope this points out
> the hypocricy of Kent's practice of segregating commercial sites (*.co.uk)
> from academic ones (*.ac.uk). Further, I am told by more than one source
> that it costs far less for an academic site to access Usenet in the UK
> than a commercial one.
And doesnt the US segregate as well ???? or are the .edu and .com domains
something other than direct equivalents of .ac and .co as I had always
assumed. (there seem to be far too many domains floating around).
-Pete.
--
-Pete French. | "The rhythm's gone,
British Telecom Research Labs. | The radio's dead.
Martlesham Heath, East Anglia. | And the damage done,
All my own thoughts (of course) | Inside my head."
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