Re: Mail connectivity in Ottawa (sidebar on history/politics of uucp)

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From: Greg A. Woods
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 1992 06:13

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In article <davecb.697726580@yorku.ca> davecb@nexus.yorku.ca (David Collier-Brown) writes:
>   When the universities started suffering from the mail traffic
> causing visible blips in their phone bills, the user groups
> (/usr/group and/or Uniforum) helped start up a for-money uucp hub in
> falls Church Virginia called ``uunet''.

Hi Dave!  Just to keep the record straight -- it was USENIX which
funded the UUNET startup.  /usr/group (aka UniForum USA) had little or
nothing to do with it.  UUNET is now independent from USENIX.
-- 
						Greg A. Woods

woods@{robohack,gate,eci386}.UUCP    VE3-TCP	UniForum Canada & Elegant Comm.
(416) 443-1734 [home]  (416) 595-5425 [work]	Toronto, Ontario; CANADA

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From: woods@robohack.UUCP (Greg A. Woods)
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Subject: Re: Mail connectivity in Ottawa (sidebar on history/politics of uucp)
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