<s>
CoSy	B-Protocol
,	O
short	O
for	O
Conferencing	O
System	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
project	O
was	O
initiated	O
in	O
the	O
Institute	O
of	O
Computer	O
Science	O
to	O
investigate	O
and	O
possibly	O
acquire	O
an	O
asynchronous	O
computer	O
conferencing	O
system	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
small	O
team	O
of	O
Bob	O
McQueen	O
,	O
Alastair	O
Mayer	O
and	O
Peter	O
Jaspers-Fayer	O
undertook	O
the	O
investigation	O
of	O
two	O
existing	O
systems	O
,	O
EIES	B-Protocol
from	O
New	O
Jersey	O
,	O
and	O
COM	O
from	O
Sweden	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
new	O
system	O
started	O
to	O
take	O
shape	O
,	O
written	O
in	O
C	O
and	O
operating	O
under	O
a	O
UNIX	B-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
on	O
a	O
Digital	O
Equipment	O
Corporation	O
PDP-11	B-Device
with	O
dial-up	O
telephone	O
ports	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Licenses	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
Unix	B-Application
version	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
were	O
granted	O
to	O
other	O
sites	O
,	O
mainly	O
universities	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
VMS	O
version	O
was	O
also	O
developed	O
and	O
made	O
available	O
for	O
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CoSy	B-Protocol
was	O
also	O
chosen	O
for	O
The	O
Open	O
University	O
's	O
"	O
electronic	O
campus	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
the	O
BIX	O
system	O
closed	O
down	O
,	O
several	O
former	O
"	O
bixen	O
"	O
approached	O
University	O
of	O
Guelph	O
and	O
SoftWords	O
and	O
obtained	O
the	O
right	O
to	O
release	O
the	O
original	O
version	O
of	O
CoSy	B-Protocol
under	O
the	O
GPL	B-License
.	O
</s>
