From owner-freebsd-chat Sat Aug 9 23:10:37 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id XAA04701 for chat-outgoing; Sat, 9 Aug 1997 23:10:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ethanol.gnu.ai.mit.edu (joelh@ethanol.gnu.ai.mit.edu [128.52.46.64]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id XAA04696 for ; Sat, 9 Aug 1997 23:10:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: by ethanol.gnu.ai.mit.edu (8.8.5/8.6.12GNU) id CAA03240; Sun, 10 Aug 1997 02:10:10 -0400 Date: Sun, 10 Aug 1997 02:10:10 -0400 Message-Id: <199708100610.CAA03240@ethanol.gnu.ai.mit.edu> To: pechter@lakewood.com CC: hasty@rah.star-gate.com, chat@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: <199708061049.GAA01717@i4got.lakewood.com> (message from Bill Pechter on Wed, 6 Aug 1997 06:49:02 -0400 (EDT)) Subject: Re: uunet vs. internet From: Joel Ray Holveck Reply-to: joelh@gnu.ai.mit.edu Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >> Hang on a second, UUNet is the Internet 8) >> At least thats what their actions are implying --- "to hell with >> netiguettes we are Uunet" !! > They really have forgotten their roots and humble start. > Boy have they become a real Pain In The Ass since they dropped the UUCP > business to small sites and started hanging out with the likes of > Microsoft 8-) Well, the Internet has changed from its humble beginnings as the old UUCP net, and ARPANET. Used to it was ham radio, then BBS's, then the net. What bastions for hobbyists are there now, something where the popularity doesn't make me sick after fifteen minutes of use? -- Second law of programming: Anything that can go wrong wi sendmail: segmentation violation -- core dumped