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From: dillon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU (Matt Dillon)
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga
Subject: Re: commercialism and net.micro.amiga going the way of .mac
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Date: Sun, 3-Nov-85 00:42:09 EST
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	(Hopefully I cut enough off to satisfy you 300 Bauder's, flames to 
	/dev/null)

> > bout
> > costs, traffic and rule breaking.
> > 
> ...
> > There is no argument that this is extremely useful and interesting traffic
> > to the Amiga world, and peripherally interesting to many of us, but surely
> > it is *PURE COMMERCIALISM* with the cost being met by the network as a whole,
> > in some cases by *COMPETITORS* to Commodore, whether directly or indirectly.
> > 
> > Quite honestly, the only real solution I see to the current net malaise, is
> > to retrench ourselves into a pure UNIX network, with moderated feeds from
> > other interest groups, and perhaps even with full moderation on all groups.
> > 

In article <373@inuxh.UUCP>, verner@inuxh.UUCP (Matt Verner) writes:
> I agree 100%.  I am hardley a disinterested party because I have been on 
> the edge of buying an Amiga for a few weeks (waiting on some substance
> in the software dept).  I have a lot to loose if this group were limited
> in some fashion but I do feel that the non-commercial nature of the net
> MUST be preserved or total breakdown is likely...

	Yes, the net must be kept non-commercial.  But I do not agree that
amiga is violating ANYTHING AT ALL.  These aren't politicians, or Commodore's
commercial and advertisement department, these ARE THE SOFTWARE ENGINEERS
who CREATED THE AMIGA.  Dale Luck, Robert R. Pariseau, and everybody else
at Amiga have made it clear that do not intend to use the UseNet as a
Commercialism base, but to Benefit our Newsgroup and Benefit from our 
Newsgroup and the people that make it up.

	And I would say that they're doing a pretty good job, so far.  Don't
flame on them until they've had a chance to get their NetAct NetTogether,
NetOK?

						-Matt

P.S. Am on the edge too....  will definately get an Amiga, the question is
when, and if I can get the development kit or not.