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Started by drapeau
Wed, 11 Mar 1987 09:59
Restricting Moderated News Groups
Author: drapeau
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1987 09:59
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1987 09:59
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From what I read about the announcement of Stargate, it seems to me that the main service they wish to provide is a lowered cost of receiving news groups. If I'm on the right track, I don't see how this should interfere with other sites' reception of moderated news groups. For example, if a site decided to get news via Stargate rather than by phone, that should not prevent its own redistribution of news by phone; thus links to other machines are not broken and may even be somewhat more timely thanks to the Stargate feed. On the other hand, a site that elects not to use Stargate sees no changes in its news feed; they just don't get the benefit of reduced cost, that's all. The way I read it, the advent of Stargate seems to be analogous to saying "I can take a cross-country trip either by car or now by plane." Just because the plane is here doesn't mean that the car cannot be used. What am I missing here? Why is Stargate trying to limit moderated news group feeds? They don't need to, with the cost incentive to subscribers. Please enlighten me. I would appreciate it. ------------- George D. Drapeau University Computing Services, University of Southern California ARPA: drapeau@janus.usc.edu UUCP: ...!sdcrdcf!usc-oberon!janus!drapeau
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