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From: Ruslan Shevchenko <rssh@cam.grad.kiev.ua>
To: drifter@stratos.net
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Subject: Re: Any one still use UUCP?
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On Fri, 8 May 1998 drifter@stratos.net wrote:

> 
> ( I'm not sure this belongs in -questions, so I thought -chat would be
>   appropriate. If not, I apologize.                                   )
> 
> 	Just out of curiosity, I know that FreeBSD (and UNIX) have a
> series of "UUCP" commands that transfer files and even run programs
> remotely over phone lines _not_ using the internet.
> 	I got kind of curious about UUCP and am doing some light reading of
> old AT&T documents about it.  I got the impression that UUCP was really the
> only way to go in the dark ages before the Internet was as wide-spread
> as it is today.  I probably got the wrong impression, but I am wondering
> if UUCP is an old hold-over from earlier times whose days are numbered
> or if it is still in wide use today -- and if so, why?
> 	I'm not so sure I want to splurge for ORA UUCP right now, since
> I don't think I'd be doing a lot with it any way. (I don't think there
> are "public" UUCP cites to experiment with :) )
> 	So, is UUCP a dying art?  Is it that some places just don't have
> access to the Internet or an Ethernet, but they can arrange for UUCP?
> Or is there some advantage to UUCP that I am not aware about?
> 

  UUCP is whidly used in ex-USSR.

> 	Just curious...
> 
> 	-Drifter
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