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 gatech.CSNET Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!gatech!spaf From: spaf@gatech.CSNET (Gene Spafford) Newsgroups: net.news.group Subject: Re: spaf's note on fa->mod groups Message-ID: <1744@gatech.CSNET> Date: Sun, 27-Oct-85 11:27:59 EST Article-I.D.: gatech.1744 Posted: Sun Oct 27 11:27:59 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 28-Oct-85 03:51:38 EST References: <9100001@prism.UUCP> <453@brl-sem.ARPA> Reply-To: spaf@gatech.UUCP (Gene Spafford) Organization: The Clouds Project, School of ICS, Georgia Tech Lines: 45 In article <453@brl-sem.ARPA> ron@brl-sem.ARPA (Ron Natalie) writes: >Now I am pissed. So am I, Ron. You've done this before -- going off half-cocked and flaming someone WITHOUT KNOWING THE FACTS. >SPAF has decided to groups for hitherto unannounced and by his own arguments >undetermined need ARPA->USENET links. Erik Fair is doing the switchover from "fa" to "mod" groups. I issued the "newgroups" on the basis of a list he sent me which indicates which Arpa groups corresponded to which "mod" groups under the switch. He compiled that list, I assumed, based on his mail traffic the postings resulting from the discussion in net.news.group and net.news a month back. I *DID NOT* decide anything about these groups. >What is especially distressing is that he has done this to a WRONG >mailing list. The GOULDBUGS mailing list is for BUGS. Specific BUG >reports like 4BSD-BUGS@BERKELEY. It is a mailing list which is a direct >feed in to the software support department at GOULD. It is not for >general net.whining about GOULD processors. However, without any >preliminary announcement, nor entry in the announcement groups, he has >the intent of setting up "mod.computers.gould" to interact with >GOULDBUGS. Fine. Once I heard that, I deleted it. I still don't know why Erik had it in his list that way. If there is something else like that, let me know. And please let Erik know. I thought you were a responsible individual? Why do so many otherwise reasonable individuals seem to lose all sense of proportion and maturity when they sit down in front of a terminal? How much would it take to send me mail and *ASK* why something is happening rather than make up your own interpretation and post it as a flame? To repeat: Usenet -- Those who can, try; those who can't, bitch and flame those who try. -- Gene "sometime in 1986" Spafford The Clouds Project, School of ICS, Georgia Tech, Atlanta GA 30332 CSNet: Spaf @ GATech ARPA: Spaf%GATech.CSNet @ CSNet-Relay.ARPA uucp: ...!{akgua,decvax,hplabs,ihnp4,linus,seismo,ulysses}!gatech!spaf