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- From: koos@kzdoos.hacktic.nl (koos van den hout)
- Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers
- Subject: Re: net.views - mainframe programmers in an open systems world
- Message-ID: <gate.PRikuB1w164w@kzdoos.hacktic.nl>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 92 21:43:48 GMT
- References: <BxwoLr.JDs@ns1.nodak.edu>
- Organization: HIN / BBS Koos z'n Doos
- NewsSoftware: Rnf 0.7b
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- person@plains.NoDak.edu (Brett G Person ) writes:
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- >>OK, then. Has anyone ever researched in how much time is wasted
- >>reading/posting news compared to what is gained from it?
-
- Hmmm... we've just tried to cover the cost of getting the news to a person...
-
- >Maybe companies need to start adopting news reading policies.
-
- The 'company' (university of Utrecht) were I work has a very simple policy :
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- news : got none
- mailing lists : DON'T.
-
- (notice the capitalisation!)
-
- And since the site is really nice 'BITNETable', that last one is a PITA. Got
- some of the better lists at home. Other lists can't be subbed from the home
- address... (somebody@site.domain.domain seems to be totally different from
- samebody@samesite.bitnet)
-
- Grtx. KH
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