Re: The end is nigh

Robert S. Thau (rst@ai.mit.edu)
Mon, 22 Mar 1999 17:56:57 -0500 (EST)


Trying 198.41.0.6...Connected to rs.internic.net.
Escape character is '^]'.

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FYI, they seem to have thought better of this... whois (or direct
telnet to the nicname port on rs.internic.net) is working for me
now ("telnet 198.41.0.6 nicname" followed by "domain redhat.com"
yields a database record...).

Methinks some marketing loon got out of hand...

rst