Re: BOUI - A wedding photographer from Brisbane invented Usenet?

In message <877ightwl4.fld@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Floyd L. Davidson 
<floyd@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes
>Chris H <chris@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>In message <87tzjmi9gs.fld@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Floyd L. Davidson
>><floyd@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes
>>>Chris H <chris@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>I think if any one can lay claim to being the for runner of Usenet  it
>>>>would be the inventors of the  Fido BBS system.
>>>
>>>Not even close.
>>>
>>>Usenet preceded FidoNet by about 5 years,
>>
>>Fair enough.
>>
>>>and was in
>>>virtually all ways technically superior (a great deal of
>>>which was due to the technically much more advanced
>>>computer systems used for Usenet).
>>
>>Yes. AFAIK Usenet ran on University computers whereas Fidonet was on
>>home computers.
>
>Unix vs. Windows:  Unix wins every time.

I don't think Windows was around then?


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