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Re: Mime

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From: Andy Newman
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 02:17
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In article <1992Apr12.225527.5132@pellns.alleg.edu> sunthej@alleg.edu (Jake) writes:
>	However, I think your "object lesson" is a failed one.  If people  
>were posting to the SUN, AT&T, [insert other computer brand here]  
>newsgroup, yes, the posting of an RTF post would be as assinine as yours  
>was.  The point, as I see it, is that this group is intended for NeXT  
>specific information, and the use of a NeXT specific formating language  
>seems far more appropriate then yours.

Why? Too many people, yourself included, are assuming that only NeXT
users read the NeXT news groups. Do you read the Mac newsgroups for
instance? Should they post a Mac specific format? No!
-- 
Andy Newman (andy@research.canon.oz.au)
Canon Information Systems Research Australia
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