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- From: peter@ferranti.com (peter da silva)
- Subject: Re: About the elitism in news.groups
- Message-ID: <id.MM3V.25@ferranti.com>
- Organization: Xenix Support, FICC
- References: <id.6I0V.407@ferranti.com> <1992Nov17.184424.2747@metrosoft.com>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 14:39:26 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov17.184424.2747@metrosoft.com> gvh@metrosoft.com (Gordon Van Huizen) writes:
- > It's easy. Get a news feed from a commercial source. Obtain C-News from
- > anonymous ftp (or even Compuserve). Either follow some explicit
- > instructions you run across regarding the installation process (these
- > exist) and/or hire a local UNIX expert to install it for you. Tah dum!
-
- I have no problem whatsoever excluding people in that position from the
- newsgroup name-space management process. They don't know enough to provide
- any useful input.
-
- And I have no problem with any actions you might take to change the behaviour
- of the commercial service providers in question.
- --
- Peter da Silva / 77487-5012 USA / +1 713 274 5180
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