Re: Come to America, #1, migrants!

Tiny Human Ferret wrote:

> > > The French invented Minitel about 20 years before the US invented 
> > > TCP/IP or anything like it. Hell, Minitel was in place before there 
> > > ever was a dial-up BBS in the States.
> >
> > Minitel apparently started around 1982. APRANET started September of 
> > 1969. ARPANET switched over to TCP/IP starting in 1981.
>
> Damn. I stand corrected on the technical details. 

Don't feel that bad - you were only off in the wrong direction by 13 
years! :-D

> However, MiniTel was immediately deployed to the French public, IIRC 
> the InterNet wasn't publicly accessible in the States until maybe 1994 
> or so.

(A big) SO?!?

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