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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.misc:3091 comp.os.linux.misc:21431 Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!MathWorks.Com!news2.near.net!das-news.harvard.edu!spdcc!merk!rmkhome!rmk From: rmk@rmkhome.com (Rick Kelly) Subject: Re: Usefulness of BSD/Linux Source Knowledge (was BSD vs. LINUX) Organization: The Man With Ten Cats Followup-To: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc References: <30jqp1$ees@grex.cyberspace.org> <9407311519.45@rmkhome.c <mrg.775754000@dynamo> <9408040155.38@rmkhome.com> <31u4ja$871@ivory.lm.com> Message-ID: <9408081643.04@rmkhome.com> Reply-To: rmk@rmkhome.com (Rick Kelly) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Date: Mon, 8 Aug 1994 21:43:08 GMT Lines: 18 Peter G. Berger (peterb@telerama.lm.com) wrote: : In article <9408040155.38@rmkhome.com>, Rick Kelly <rmk@rmkhome.com> wrote: : >Well, if AT&T dies, the USENET dies, as they own all the leased lines : >in the US. : > : No, they don't. : Not even *close*. The telephone infrastructure of the US is based primarily on the AT&T long distance trunk lines. MCI, Sprint, etc lease the use of these lines from AT&T. -- Rick Kelly rmk@rmkhome.com rmk@bedford.progress.com