<div>Hi larry</div>
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<div>For some of the history of Usenet, see:</div>
<div><br> See Part II THE EVOLUTION OF USENET: THE POOR MAN'S ARPANET</div>
<p> <a href="http://www.columbia.edu/~rh120/ch106.x02">http://www.columbia.edu/~rh120/ch106.x02</a></p>
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<div> ON THE EARLY DAYS OF USENET:<br> THE ROOTS OF THE COOPERATIVE ONLINE CULTURE<br> <a href="http://www.columbia.edu/~rh120/ch106.x10">http://www.columbia.edu/~rh120/ch106.x10</a><br>
<br><br>These are chapters in the book "Netizens: On the History and Impact of Usenet and the Internet'</div>
<div>by Michael Hauben and Ronda Hauben, put onlne in 1994 and published in a print edition by </div>
<div>IEEE Computer Society in 1997.</div>
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<div>The url for the online version is <a href="http://www.columbia.edu/~rh120">http://www.columbia.edu/~rh120</a></div>
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<div>cheers</div>
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<div>Ronda</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 4:30 PM, Larry Sheldon <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:LarrySheldon@cox.net">LarrySheldon@cox.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div class="h5">Dave CROCKER wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"><br><br>Brian Dear wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">• 1985: Virtual communities<br>Way way inaccurate, and again, probably copied from The Guardian's piece which also pushed this myth. The WELL (which I have been a member of since 1986) was a relative latecomer to the world of online communities if you compare it to PLATO, which in 1973 had notesfiles (message forums), chat rooms, and instant messaging. The WELL wouldn't exist for another dozen years.<br>
</blockquote><br><br>net-based mailing lists were active by around 74 or 75, initially for discussion about email. it was immediately clear that each list created a community of interest.<br></blockquote><br></div></div>
When did USENET arise? I'm pretty sure it was UUCP-based (not IP-based) when I first heard of it in the WELL days, but I don't know the dates.<br><br>-- <br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Netizens: On the History and Impact of Usenet and the Internet<br>
<br><a href="http://www.columbia.edu/~hauben/netbook">http://www.columbia.edu/~hauben/netbook</a><br>