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Subject: N-1-4-075.06
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*Matrix News*
John S. Quarterman, Editor
mids@tic.com
The article ``Sizes of Four Networks in the Matrix,'' in the July
*Matrix News* is an update to the summary of network sizes that
appeared in the February issue. Some related growth graphs for
the Internet, based on data from Mark Lottor, Marten Terpstra,
and Merit, can be obtained by anonymous FTP from tic.com in the
directory matrix/growth/internet.
*Matrix News* has been running articles investigating the geographic
extent of major global networks, including the number of hosts on each
network in each country. The May and June 1992 issues contain two
different views (by Barron and Quarterman) of some data (collected by
Billy Barron) on hosts posting to USENET. ``Where is FidoNet?''
appeared in June.
``Where is the Internet?,'' and ``Where is BITNET?'' in August and October
each contain maps drawn by Gretchen Phillips of the world, of Europe,
and of the United States, with a bar above each country or state
indicating the number of hosts.
Articles on more local networks and regions continue to appear,
including Maged Boulos's ``Egyptian Science NETwork (ENSTINET),'' in
May, which issue also included ``Bringing New Users into the Net,'' by
Steve Ryan. June had ``A Look at Cuban Networks,'' by Larry Press and
Joel Snyder. July had ``At Play in the Field of the Boards: Report on
ONE BBSCON,'' by Steve Cisler. Bob Travica and Matthew Hogan published
``Computer Networking in the xUSSR: Actual and Potential Social
Effects'' and ``The Matrix Spans the East'' in August and October, and
Oleg Tabarovsky had ``Notes on some TCP/IP WAN activities in xSU'' in
the June issue. The November issue includes ``Introduction on CRN,''
by Mingdong Yan from Beijing, ``The Complete EBONE Up and Running,'' by
Bernhard Stockman from Stockholm, and ``BBS in India,'' by Suchit Nanda
from Bombay. We even had ``Nets in Science Fiction,'' by Daniel Dern,
in August.
One of our more popular articles is proving to be ``How Big is the
Global Classroom?'' by Seth Itzkan, in October. We continue to include
information on conferences, policy, and other issues, particularly
network services, including two articles by Peter Deutsch.
All issues starting with July have been available online, either by
electronic mail (in either ASCII or PostScript) or by restricted FTP,
in addition to the traditional paper version. Sample articles are
available by anonymous FTP from the matrix/news directory on tic.com,
or through the matrix_news WAIS database on quake.think.com. We also
have a conference on the WELL, with all back issues, which are also
available separately. For more information, send mail to mids@tic.com.