Hello mark.

15 Oct 04 22:53, you wrote to me:

RC>> The underlying thing is that it was for communication.

ml|> only between machines... you'll note my explicit use of "exchange of
ml|> information" in the above... that could mean nothing more than sending
ml|> updated telephone records from one LD telco to another for billing
ml|> purposes... it could also mean the sending of articles for newspaper
ml|> or magazine publishing... and then there's the more industrial stuff
ml|> like the transfer of readings from a chemical tank farm...

Yes.  But FidoNet was made primarily for communication.  That was the
reason for its creation.

RC>> If there were no need for this communication, the idea of
RC>> FidoNet would not have developed.

RC>> It boils down to developing a technology to bring a social
RC>> need into being.  Communication between people via computers.

ml|> that is another form of information, yes... but the development wasn't
ml|> limited to just that ;)

But it was the main reason for its creation.

Robert

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