Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!genrad!decvax!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!hpda!fortune!amd70!packet!cfv From: cfv@packet.UUCP Newsgroups: net.lang.c Subject: Re: the worth of SIGPLAN Message-ID: <281@packet.UUCP> Date: Tue, 28-Jun-83 15:22:01 EDT Article-I.D.: packet.281 Posted: Tue Jun 28 15:22:01 1983 Date-Received: Thu, 30-Jun-83 23:25:19 EDT Lines: 23 That's quite a criticism coming from a person who reads net news: 99% of news articles are worthless at best, NOT refereed, any trivia that's sent in is published; occasional gems, but spending money (large phone bills) and wading through the dreck isn't worth it, even on company time ... I have net.news in here for one reason: I support a Unix system for my company. Berkeley doesn't support it. Bell doesn't support it. The only way I can get questions answered and find out about bugs and fixes and all those other things that a company that relies on a computer HAS to have is through this network. If I have to put up with ~4Megabytes of cr*p a week (easily expired) to get the 2 or three messages that make my system work reliably or answer a question then that is a SMALL price to pay. To be quite honest I wish I didn't HAVE to rely on this network for my opeating systems support; to be frank it isn't always right. If Unix was supported the way VMS was, I wouldn't be here because VMS has the support that my company requires. -- >From the dungeons of the Warlock: Chuck Von Rospach ucbvax!amd70!packet!cfv (chuqui@mit-mc) <- obsolete!