OT: history of discussion forums

[Peter Hansen]

Garry Knight wrote:

> In message <sfOdndnwedXPXOTdRVn-sw at powergate.ca>, Peter Hansen wrote:
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>>Robert M. Emmons wrote:
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>>>USENET or Network News is the second oldest discussion forum
>>>group around. 
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>>What, in your opinion, was the first?
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> You snipped it from his post. He said:
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>>Incidently, the first 
>>discussion forum network was "mailing lists".

Oops, <blush>.  :-)