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From: William E. Aitken
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 01:12

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In article <1992Apr12.210235.23356@u.washington.edu> Mark Crispin <MRC@Panda.COM> writes:
>THIS IS A MESSAGE IN 'MIME' FORMAT.  Your news reader does not support
>MIME.  Perhaps you should get new software.
>
>Unlike NewsGrazer format, MIME is an emerging standard that is widely
>implemented on many different machines.  Perhaps you losers who only
>have NewsGrazer can't read it.  Sorry.  It's your problem.  I guess
>NeXT is destined to fall behind SUN, DEC, AT&T, and all the other
>vendors who have adopted MIME.

	You forgot two mention two important points.  First MIME
is clearly documented unlike NG's format.  And MIME has been in 
a fairly developed stage for at least two years---i.e. since before 
NG's day.
							--- Bill.
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Subject: Re: Barbershop MIME
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