Re: Ill-effects of a posting greater than 64k

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From: Randy Bush
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 06:46

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scs@adam.mit.edu (Steve Summit) writes:

> I can't speak for Randy, but I'm just saying that people
> composing news articles can't be asked to make allowances for
> deficient pieces of news software which they might not even know
> about.

You've got the job. :-)

What amuses me is the folk like Matthew telling me all about what UUCP
links need.  I run UUCP links from the US to Peru, Southern Africa, ...
Next they'll tell me what FidoNet can and can't handle, when I run that
major gate was well.

Computers are to serve people, not vice versa.  Fix broken or limited
software.  Enforce standards.

randy
-- 
randy@psg.com   ...!uunet!m2xenix!randy

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From: randy@psg.com (Randy Bush)
Subject: Re: Ill-effects of a posting greater than 64k
Message-ID: <1992Sep29.064608.13269@psg.com>
Organization: Pacific Systems Group, Portland Oregon, US
References: <1992Sep26.151349.1962@psg.com> <RoFRRB20w165w@mantis.co.uk> <1992Sep28.190250.25931@athena.mit.edu>
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 06:46:08 GMT
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