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From: galenr@iddic.UUCP (Galen Redfield)
Newsgroups: net.news.group,net.misc
Subject: Re: net.flame will no longer be distributed by many sites
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Date: Mon, 11-Nov-85 20:49:36 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov 11 20:49:36 1985
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Summary: Burn-out

I  hope this is not tattling, but we read today that Tektronix will no
longer pass net.flame (not to our own machines, nor to others down the
line, I believe). I suppose it was inevitable (nothing lasts forever).

It  is hard for me to believe that we actually *need* a newsgroup with
worldwide coverage just for the purpose of letting off steam, but then
again,  there must be a bit of antidisestablishmentarianist in each of
us (I've been waiting a long time to use that "word").

Many articles have been (and probably will continue to be) written for
and  against  this  type of action.  Flames are safer when fragmented.
It is said that a flame may be extinguished  either  by  removing  the
heat, the fuel, or the oxygen.  In this case, I believe it must be all
three.  Combustion is a source of pollution anyhow.

Warm regards,
Galen.