Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/3/84; site soph.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!mhuxn!mhuxj!mhuxr!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!teddy!panda!enmasse!enms2!soph!dave From: dave@soph.UUCP (Dave Brownell) Newsgroups: net.news.stargate Subject: Re: Need for Stargate screening? Message-ID: <147@soph.UUCP> Date: Tue, 15-Jan-85 14:18:45 EST Article-I.D.: soph.147 Posted: Tue Jan 15 14:18:45 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 16-Jan-85 21:28:39 EST References: <494@vortex.UUCP> <702@cbosgd.UUCP> Reply-To: dave@soph.UUCP (Dave Brownell) Organization: Enmasse Computer Corp., Acton, Mass. Lines: 26 In articlerfg@hound.UUCP (R.GRANTGES) writes: > ... > What is this stuff about the people who pay the bills having the say? > ... > For myself, I feel that perhaps 10 to 20 percent of my account for > usenet and similar activities (e.g., electronic mail, games)(note > seemingly strange admixture) is quite reasonable. > ... The crux of the matter is that even just 10% of a $5000 account is a sizable sum, and whoever gives the money in the first place (employer, university, etc.) has the right to say they don't want their money spent that way. USENET costs -- disk blocks, phone bills, and employee time -- are beginning to be accounted for. Some people are reacting to news of Stargate like kings used to react to messengers with bad tidings, pretending that by killing the messenger the bad news will go away. It's time to face some facts about where USENET may have to go. -- Dave Brownell EnMasse Computer Corporation enmasse!dave@Harvard.ARPA {genrad,harvard}!enmasse!dave