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Stephen Downes

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Some time while working with Athabasca University in the late 80s I set up a Maximus Bulletin Board Service (BBS) and called it Athabaska BBS, the intent being to support my telephone tutoring through electronic means. While the university wasn't too interested and while students couldn't call in without incurring long distance charges, the experience nonetheless connected me to the world of BBSs, and hence, makes this history a part of my history.

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