Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site mplvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!epsilon!zeta!sabre!petrus!bellcore!decvax!ittatc!dcdwest!sdcsvax!sdcc3!mplvax!rec From: rec@mplvax.UUCP (Richard Currier) Newsgroups: net.micro.mac Subject: Re: impending newsgroup cuts Message-ID: <231@mplvax.UUCP> Date: Tue, 5-Nov-85 19:33:44 EST Article-I.D.: mplvax.231 Posted: Tue Nov 5 19:33:44 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 8-Nov-85 08:02:46 EST References: <472@spice.cs.cmu.edu> <6090@utzoo.UUCP> <1753@peora.UUCP> Reply-To: rec@mplvax.UUCP (Richard Currier) Organization: Marine Physical Laborator of SIO at UCSD Lines: 25 In article <1753@peora.UUCP> jer@peora.UUCP (J. Eric Roskos) writes: >I hope that if Mr. Spencer's selfish desire to cancel net.sources.mac >actually gains momentum, the hundreds of sites who do actively use it can >cooperate to continue the distribution of it. Net.micro.mac is one of the >most successful and useful newsgroups on the Usenet. I have a feeling from the flack that has been produced just by suggesting the elimination of the group that there is a very large user base out there that is not going to go away any time soon. I have recieved an incredible volume of mail from many sites looking for information on the use of the Macintosh in the Unix environment. Once a group of this size forms around a common interest it is like a river that can only be diverted. I have to say that Mr Spencer and other backbone sites have real problems with net volume and as they do pay the bills they have a right to ease their prob- lems any way they can. The solution is not to get rid of the group across the net, however, but for individual sites to pass what news they feel they can afford and allow those sites that have a specific interest to find, create, and maintain the necessary contacts to keep the information flow going. -- richard currier marine physical lab u.c. san diego {ihnp4|decvax|akgua|dcdwest|ucbvax} !sdcsvax!mplvax!rec