Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/3/84; site sesame.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!panda!talcott!sesame!slerner From: slerner@sesame.UUCP (Simcha-Yitzchak Lerner) Newsgroups: net.news.group Subject: Re: USENET and Compuserve Message-ID: <342@sesame.UUCP> Date: Thu, 3-Oct-85 23:48:23 EDT Article-I.D.: sesame.342 Posted: Thu Oct 3 23:48:23 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 5-Oct-85 15:08:22 EDT References: <136@cithep.UucP> Organization: Lotus Development Corp Lines: 22 >.... > I don't know how many poeple Compuserve has, but the forums ( sort of like > newgroups on USENET ) that I read on compuserve have a lot more traffic than > the corresponding newgroups on USENET, and do not have a problem with > lots of junk. I do not know exactly why this is so, but if someone could > discover why, maybe it could be applied to USENET. > The answer is simple: when you have to pay for being on the system, you don't waste any time by sending junk. -- Opinions expressed are public domain, and do not belong to Lotus Development Corp. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Simcha-Yitzchak Lerner {genrad|ihnp4|ima}!wjh12!talcott!sesame!slerner {cbosgd|harvard}!talcott!sesame!slerner talcott!sesame!slerner@harvard.ARPA