Hello mark.

15 Oct 04 12:33, you wrote to me:

RC>> But /why/ did they decide to do it?  There had to be more to
RC>> it than that.

ml|> i don't think that i've ever come across a definitive explanation of
ml|> why... however, reading the history and the backgrounds of those
ml|> involved lead me to believe that it was due to emerging methods of
ml|> connecting computers together for the exchange of information...
ml|> considering TJ's occupation and his involvement in the industry, this
ml|> seems a valid (though derived) explanation of why...

The underlying thing is that it was for communication.  If there were no
need for this communication, the idea of FidoNet would not have developed.

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

Robert

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