Subj : Re: bbs and usenet
To   : All
From : Dan Cross
Date : Thu Apr 10 2025 06:10:11

From: cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross)

In article <20250410012042.0000194e@dne3.net>,
Toaster  <toaster@dne3.net> wrote:
>When BBS systems were popular, did anyone ever hook their bbs to
>usenet? I know fidonet came along, but wasn't usenet similar? or was
>fidonet like email?

They did, often to the consternation of USENET users.  Sometimes
it worked well, but often there was cultural conflict, perhaps
particularly on the more technical groups.

	- Dan C.

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