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

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.

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Floyd L. Davidson <http://www.apaflo.com/floyd_davidson>
Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska)              floyd@[EMAIL PROTECTED]