On 17 Dec 05  13:36:42, Nancy Backus got back to Maurice Kinal 
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 NB> I understand that a large part of it is that new computer users are
 NB> taught, and given software, for getting onto the Inet.  BBS's aren't
 NB> even mentioned.  Once upon a time, you bought a computer, you might
 NB> well be given a list of access numbers for local bbs's, and shown how
 NB> to get on at least one of them...  And most of the "net" talk was of
 NB> bbs nets, not the Internet...

I got a list of local BBBs when I bought my first 1200b modem.  

 NB> To some extent, it's just a little piece of a much wider practice of
 NB> decentralizing, of the break-down of community. 

Do remember that MS has great interest in its users being on 
the WWW.  

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