In a message dated 3/23/2007 5:04:26 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
the BITNET crowd but even then the individual people were more than friendly and courteous; that would have been ibm-main very near to its birth and it, like everything, has evolved substantially since then.) >> I don't remember the entomology. IBM-Main was started in 1986 as charter members of BITNET although it was a rollover from ARPAnet and some other networking endeavors. I attended SHARE regularly thru early 90's and don't think the IBM=Main thing came up 'til a few years ago. I know at the request of the 'board' the sign was removed as too big and bulky and blocking the view? Anyway Sam sent it to Darren for a good home. It may be a planter or a target, don't even know... ************************************** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
