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- From: kentkar@shambala.uucp (Kent Karrer)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
- Subject: Re: FAS 2.10 async driver, part 5/5
- Message-ID: <1992Aug28.143820.15309@shambala.uucp>
- Date: 28 Aug 92 14:38:20 GMT
- References: <F5557UC@geminix.in-berlin.de> <102.26574@incc.com> <OOC680E@geminix.in-berlin.de> <52.30626@okys.infoserv.com>
- Reply-To: kentkar@shambala.UUCP (Kent Karrer)
- Organization: The Conscious Interlude
- Lines: 55
-
- In article <52.30626@okys.infoserv.com> madsere@okys.infoserv.com (Rene Madsen) writes:
-
- Ad nauseum deleted...
-
- >Well maybe so, but you keep forgetting that we are many who subscribes
- >here in europe for a cost of $95+/hour. And that's _just_ the telephone
- >cost of dialing a feeder in the states... The cost of receiving it from
- >the 'local' university is lower in phone cost, but __WAY__ higher in
- >transmission fees ... And the universities here have more or less a
- >monopoly on serving internet in europe) ... Unless you happen to actually
- >work or study on the mentionned university, in which case you may normally
- >post as much as you like, no matter the content or quality of the posting!
- >
- >So as you might understand we are _very_ cautious on which groups we
- >subscribe to. alt.sources is _definitely_ a no-no. It would usually be
- >cheaper to go out and buy whatever one need locally as a commercial
- >product, rather than download a public domain program.
- >
- >For this reason it is _very_ annoying to see any waste of bandwidth, that
- >be unnececary discussions and comments or postings not belonging to a
- >certain group.
- >
- >As is pointed out by Uwe, he already _know_ that he should have posted
- >to alt.sources rather than here, but thought I't would be appriciated,
- >and that alt.sources would not be fast enough or not be read by all ...
- >
- >But why should FAS be different than all other sources ? I'm sure
- >there's a _lot_ of good stuff to be picked in alt.sources !
- >
- >There is a system of newsgroups for a reason ... to let people subscribe
- >to their need! The result of these 'wrong' postings are that those of
- >us who pay this price go subscribe to the group will go and unsubscribe.
- >
- >And yes, there are computers in use in Europa. Unfortunately we are a
- >bit behind America on the development and therefore tend to use your
- >good ideas (such as usenet), instead of reinventing the wheel. But the
- >European marked IS still at an equal size of America AND Canada AND
- >Mexico TOGETHER.
- >
- >Asbestos suit on, gloves, boots ... ok ready for the flames ;-)
- >
- >--
- >Rene Madsen
- >Unix Systems Support/Dev.
- >madsere@okys.infoserv.com
-
- Man!!! You are more than willing to pay to send your large whining posts
- around the world but cannot seem to allow something really useful to go without
- major comment. Get over it! AND, I yes I am aware that I included your
- signature. Europe, who needs it.
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