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Article #19663Re: What's wrong with comp.binaries.mac ?
From: geb
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1987 15:39
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1987 15:39
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In article <8021@felix.UUCP> bytebug@felix.UUCP (Roger L. Long) writes: > >If this volume ever >gets to a level that a majority of the backbone thinks is "too high", >you might find that they discontinue forwarding the group. Lest you >think this is unlikely, be aware that the possibility of cutting all >comp.binaries groups has already been discussed in news.groups. > Whoa, just what is the purpose of the net anyway, and who is paying for it? Look at all the trash that gets onto net.religion, politics, tv, kids, etc., etc., etc. I would think one of the most legitimate uses for the net is software distribution, not the chatting and bickering that goes on in most of the other groups. Who decides these things anyway? How do we get to put in our 2 cents with those who control it?
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!rochester!PT!cadre!geb From: geb@cadre.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: What's wrong with comp.binaries.mac ? Message-ID: <827@cadre.dsl.PITTSBURGH.EDU> Date: Wed, 30-Sep-87 11:39:02 EDT Article-I.D.: cadre.827 Posted: Wed Sep 30 11:39:02 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 2-Oct-87 03:31:14 EDT References: <516@garth.UUCP> <8021@felix.UUCP> Reply-To: geb@cadre.dsl.pittsburgh.edu.UUCP (Gordon E. Banks) Organization: Decision Systems Lab., Univ. of Pittsburgh, PA. Lines: 16