In article <[log in to unmask]>, dated Tue, 29 Sep 1998 at
18:50:11, [log in to unmask] writes
>In a message dated 29/09/98 12:42:58, you write:
>
><< There is no precedent to this facility for groups of people
> with a common interest to exchange ideas on a daily basis. It is why
> governments fear the Internet and wish to control it.
>
> Chris >>
>Adrian Midgeley, Andrew Herd and a few others will tell you that there WAS a
>successful precedent to this list - the Pry Marie Care BBS system that I ran
>very successfully 1989 - 1995 before a beta version of Windows '95 and the
>growth of mailing lists saw it off. In its prime, PMC was a very active
>discussion board. The board still runs, but is primarily used as a closed area
>by the GMSC. Shame that BBS systems faded from view - they still offer the
>best repository for closed file librariesand e-mail in ny view, although local
>access is a problem.
>
There were quite a number of BBS's around before the Internet began to
'open up' in the early 90's. However, in terms of accessibility and
global coverage they do not compare with the Internet. I stand by my
earlier statement as quoted above.
Chris
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