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  1. Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!weyrich!orville
  3. From: orville%weyrich@uunet.uu.net (Orville R. Weyrich)
  4. Subject: Re: Internet is too big....CI$ is much smaller.
  5. Message-ID: <1992Dec21.072413.10282@weyrich.UUCP>
  6. Sender: orville@weyrich.UUCP (Orville R. Weyrich)
  7. Reply-To: uunet.uu.net!weyrich!orville
  8. Organization: Weyrich Computer Consulting
  9. References: <jdecarlo.488.724440187@mitre.org> <1992Dec18.101853.22386@actrix.g <1992Dec18.201846.9126@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
  10. Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 07:24:13 GMT
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  13. In article <1992Dec18.201846.9126@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> ekarabin@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Eric B Karabin) writes:
  14. >
  15. >     I think IBM is just trying to concentrate on strengthening their
  16. >Forums on CompuServe.  (They have several, by the way.)
  17. >
  18. >Does this make any sense?  Probably not.  :)
  19. >
  20. >                    Eric, CompuServe Inc.
  21.  
  22. An important question then is WHY? I have heard from a VERY RELIABLE source
  23. (the executive director of another organization) that some forums give a 
  24. kick-back to the organizer of the forum related to the amount of traffic fees
  25. generated by the forum. Could IBM be trying to MAKE money from the forum?
  26.  
  27. If they were being so petty, then why instead would they not try to strengthen
  28. Prodigy instead?
  29.  
  30. I still can't see any good reason fr all this ...
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  33. orville
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