Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site decuac.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!decuac!avolio From: avolio@decuac.UUCP (Frederick M. Avolio) Newsgroups: net.news.group Subject: Re: Net.misc.coke? Surely you jest! Message-ID: <564@decuac.UUCP> Date: Tue, 16-Jul-85 14:12:41 EDT Article-I.D.: decuac.564 Posted: Tue Jul 16 14:12:41 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 18-Jul-85 06:02:39 EDT References: <324@phri.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: ULTRIX Applications Center, MD Lines: 18 In article <324@phri.UUCP>, roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith) writes: > What? Are you kidding? What ever happened to not creating a > new group unless there was 1) a demonstrable need 2) discussion about it > beforehand in the proper channels and 3) a reasonable likelihood that > the topic of discussion was not transitory? I eagerly await some net Ahem.... Hey, let me start off by saying 1) I didn't create net.misc.coke and 2) I am not related to the person who created said group. This is kind of an exception to the rule. You know... they're always supposed to have exceptions. net.{general,followup,misc} were getting flooded (it seemed like it anyway) with New Coke - Old Coke stuff. It was quite reasonable for someone to create a group like this in such an emergency situation(!). Especially since said person agreed to remove it when the hoopla dies down. -Fred