[TUHS] UUNET

[Rich Salz via TUHS]

Clem will know the details, but the only controversy was when uunet
reincorporated and was no longer a not-for-profit entity as I recall.

On Wed, May 27, 2026, 7:25 PM Clem Cole via TUHS <tuhs at tuhs.org> wrote:

> I’ll try to offer a better answer when I’m near my computer, but the short
> answer is not at all.  It was planned that way.  I’ll have to peak at what
> Wikipedia says and see what they have reported. But as a USENIX BOD member,
> the hope was that it would be “self sufficient.”  We couldn’t have been
> more pleased to see it work out.
>
> As it says on my shirt and silver watch:  “President Emeritus USENIX” 😉
>
>
> Sent from a handheld expect more typos than usual
>
> On Wed, May 27, 2026 at 7:03 PM Kevin Bowling via TUHS <tuhs at tuhs.org>
> wrote:
>
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UUNET
> >
> > Does someone (maybe Rich Salz?) know how it transformed from a USENIX
> > infused non-profit to a for-profit?  Controversial at the time?
> >
>