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From: ron@TOPAZ.RUTGERS.EDU (Ron Natalie)
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Subject: Re: Vendors on MILNET
Message-ID: <8707270125.AA16263@topaz.rutgers.edu>
Date: Sun, 26-Jul-87 21:25:46 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jul 26 21:25:46 1987
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The MIL in MILNET means the Military's operational network.  Hence,
if they want to reliably talk to someone for whatever reason, they
put the on the MILNET rather than risk having to deal with the potentially
broken experimental ARPANET.

-Ron