Dear LSTOWN-L readers,
 
Roger Burns', Melvin Klassen's, and Eric Thomas' postings these days evoke
the following query:
 
If if have been properly informed through the grapevine, there is an
increasing tendency to phase out BITNET (and its affiliated nets - Netnorth,
GULFnet, BITNETJP, EARN ?) in favour of pure Internet connectivity with its
possibilities for TELNET, FTP, Gopher, WAIS, etc.  If this is true, are the
licensors of LISTSERV and LISTEARN in the process of considering how to handle
the situation of a reducing number of BITNET etc. sites that, under current
licencing policies, are entitled to run these extremely useful packages, and
even more so in view of the fact that they do serve non-BITNET etc. sites
(Internet, UUCP/EUNET, etc.)?  It might be worth mentioning that many similar
packages on the Internet require much more manual effort on the part of the
list owners.
 
 
Herman J. Woltring <[log in to unmask], a.k.a. [log in to unmask]>
Moderator, [log in to unmask], a.k.a. [log in to unmask]
 
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