From bertoldi@astro.Princeton.EDU Wed Jun 19 02:05:14 1991
From: Frank Bertoldi <bertoldi@astro.Princeton.EDU>
Date: Sat, 15 Jun 91 19:51:02 EDT
To: harelb@cabot.dartmouth.edu (Harel Barzilai)
Cc: bertoldi@astro.Princeton.EDU
In-Reply-To: <9106152317.AA14535@cabot.dartmouth.edu>
Subject: Re:  etc.

Harel, thanks for digging up the statistics. that's quite a top 40!
The 6 million number is what one has to focus on for the future,
that's our potential readership, and our best selling point.
I think we have to start thinking about advertisment on the net,
i mean advertising map. Would be good to have a flyer-like description
of what map is and how to get it, either UseNet or activ-l (the map
branch in the future - i think we should split activ-l up now as
you suggested) and then distribute this flyer to mailing lists and
msgs and friends etc, maybe a chain letter. and send a printed version
to progressive organizations across the country, with contact addresses
/phone numbers for help.

 > what's decnet, and what do you know about uucp (thought is was some
 > thing like unix to unix copy protocol, like FileTransferProtocol(ftp)??

 Decnet is the uucp network for dec computers, and span runs on that.
 on decnet you  type "set host <sitename>" and it will
 do the same as rlogin or telnet, but on the decnet, not internet.

UUCP is actually also a network of more than 7000 sites, mostly simple
dial-up modem connections.

 > And what's main diff between internet and bitnet?

Bitnet is the old net set up by ibm, but now funded by the over 1000 sites.
 internet is financed mainly by NSF, it's the old ARPANET (Defense), and now
a superstructure of some 600 networks and tens of thousands of sites.
 
 > in what precise sense is UseNet associated primarily with Internet?

it isnt. although it utilizes the internet, i think it is mostly based
on uucp - but i'm not sure.

...frank