Mike McCarty writes: > But you completely ignored my statement that networked computers have > existed since the early 1960s at least. The OP was claiming that Usenet > had some sort of priority.
Only as a peer to peer network. Early networks were distinctly hierarchical. Usenet is completely decentralized. Usenet news uses a flooding algorithm that requires only cooperation between adjacent hosts and UUCP mail used source routing optimized by pathalias. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
