[link|http://cryptome.org/futile-cp.htm|http://cryptome.org/futile-cp.htm]

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Also, [link|http://kqedweb1.conxion.com/programs/program-archive.jsp?progID=RD19&ResultStart=1&ResultCount=10&type=radio|Howard Rheingold speaking on KQED's forum] mentioned as an aside that Japan licensed online BBSs in the 1980s, leaving the US with a culture far more familiar with online activities and Japan disadvantaged. The US is currently headed to make the mistakes Japan did a decade ago.