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Re: Anyone running a for-pay Unix bulletin-board system?

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From: Tom Glinos
Date: Mon, 06 Apr 1992 12:56
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In article <88PPiB2w164w@vicuna.ocunix.on.ca> frampton@vicuna.ocunix.on.ca (Steve Frampton) writes:
>jstewart@alfred.carleton.ca (John Stewart) writes:
>
>> Around 100 years ago the cost of publishing books dropped to the point and
>> the literacy rate rose to the point that the idea of a public library 
>> became feasible.  Today almost all communities have a public library.

>Who thought up this idea?!  You *really* think you're going to get 
>government to contribute?  NOT.

I agree with John. The costs are modest and fit the mandates of local
goverments and their libraries.
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From: tg@utstat.uucp (Tom Glinos)
Subject: Re: Anyone running a for-pay Unix bulletin-board system?
Message-ID: <1992Apr6.125650.4779@utstat.uucp>
Organization: University of Toronto, Dept. of Statistics
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Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1992 12:56:50 GMT