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Date:      Mon, 17 Dec 2001 17:31:20 +0100
From:      Brad Knowles <brad.knowles@skynet.be>
To:        Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>, Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de>
Cc:        freebsd-chat@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Top-level domains
Message-ID:  <a05101000b843cd704274@[10.0.1.22]>
In-Reply-To: <3C1E17CB.5BD44972@mindspring.com>
References:  <20011216044542.Y86103-100000@turtle.looksharp.net> <3C1DBE25.B03DC40@mindspring.com> <9vkjth$2sc2$1@kemoauc.mips.inka.de> <3C1DEF39.DE92F450@mindspring.com> <9vl05j$f6n$1@kemoauc.mips.inka.de> <3C1E17CB.5BD44972@mindspring.com>

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At 8:05 AM -0800 on 2001/12/17, Terry Lambert wrote:

>  Christian Weisgerber wrote:
>>  I repeat:  Please substantiate your claim that "most of Europe used
>>  X.500 ordering, as in 'uk.co.demon' for a very long time".
>
>  Do you know where most of Europe keeps its historical records?
>
>  I know that up until 1991, I had to address most of my email
>  using the X.500 email ordering.

	That could very easily be a result of the JANET gateway(s) that 
you probably had to use in order to get anything out onto the 'net.

	I know that there are some people in the Netherlands that were 
very, very early onto the 'net (quite probably in the very early 
80's, before the DNS existed), and they should be able to shed some 
more light on this issue.

>  Obviously, I can't "prove" that, nor can I "prove" that most of
>  Europe used X.25 links.  I think I can prove the existance of
>  "Minitel", though... 8^).

	Yeah, but we already know the Minitel wasn't part of the Internet 
proper, and even today just has gateways to it.  Find some 
documentation from sites outside the UK that substantiates your 
position, and then we might believe you on this matter.

	Otherwise, it seems that everything you say on this subject will 
be affected by JANET-coloured glasses, and therefore will not be 
credible.

-- 
Brad Knowles, <brad.knowles@skynet.be>

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