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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