On Mar 5, 7:16 pm, fl...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Floyd L. Davidson) 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.
>
errr..... Windows didn't even exist,
at the time of Fidonet....
Most of those early stages were Unix
and Mac/DOS only.
I'm not a Winblows apologist,
mais quand meme, alors!
(now OS2/Warp, that's a different story...)
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