[TUHS] UUNET

[Rik Farrow via TUHS]

I wondered about this, and based on communication with Rick Adams, Peter
Salus has the best description of the evolution of UUnet:

https://www.usenix.org/system/files/login/articles/login_aug15_09_salus.pdf#:~:text=First%20designed%20to%20operate%20over,to%20a%20need%20for%20improvements
.

Adams asked for seed money, used to set up a gateway to the ARPAnet so that
people could send email once they moved on from universities that had
access. The UUnet portion of this article begins on page 41, column 2.

Rik


On Wed, May 27, 2026 at 4:03 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?
>