Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!looking!brad From: brad@looking.UUCP Newsgroups: news.groups,news.misc,news.stargate,news.sysadmin,news.admin Subject: Re: Governing bodies Message-ID: <837@looking.UUCP> Date: Wed, 8-Jul-87 10:09:14 EDT Article-I.D.: looking.837 Posted: Wed Jul 8 10:09:14 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 10-Jul-87 02:59:13 EDT References: <266@brandx.rutgers.edu> <15982@gatech.gatech.edu> <6875@e.ms.uky.edu> <139@hippo.UUCP> Reply-To: brad@looking.UUCP (Brad Templeton) Organization: Looking Glass Software Ltd. Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 13 Xref: utgpu news.groups:1103 news.misc:599 news.stargate:209 news.sysadmin:252 news.admin:567 I think you miss the point. Usenet started as, and to the best of my knowledge still is, and underground network. At least the last time anybody investigated it, many of the long distance links were hidden in large company phone bills, hidden from management. Most sites said that if you presented management with a way to get usenet for half price, the result would be "you mean we're paying $x for that crap now???" Perhaps this has changed. Perhaps such sites are now in a minority. UUNET and Stargate will tell. Until such underground sites are gone, central organization is impossible. -- Brad Templeton, Looking Glass Software Ltd. - Waterloo, Ontario 519/884-7473