Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 7/1/84; site wuphys.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!mgnetp!we53!busch!wucs!wuphys!mff From: mff@wuphys.UUCP (Swamp Thing) Newsgroups: net.news,net.news.group,net.flame Subject: Re: Time to set something straight... [warning: substantive!] Message-ID: <382@wuphys.UUCP> Date: Fri, 1-Nov-85 11:39:53 EST Article-I.D.: wuphys.382 Posted: Fri Nov 1 11:39:53 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 3-Nov-85 05:05:16 EST References: <179@mit-eddie.UUCP> <1823@hao.UUCP> <255@mit-eddie.UUCP> <1265@sphinx.UCHICAGO.UUCP> Reply-To: mff@wuphys.UUCP (Swamp Thing) Organization: Physics Dept., Washington Univ. in St. Louis Lines: 38 Xref: watmath net.news:4224 net.news.group:4177 net.flame:12596 In article <1265@sphinx.UCHICAGO.UUCP> benn@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP (Thomas Cox) writes: >[] >An open letter to the masses debating, either vocally or internally, the >implications of Spaf-et-al's removal of net.bizarre and net.internat: > >Dear people: > One of the many letters we've seen about the removal of net.bizarre >and net.internat raged on about the collective desires of the USENET >community > > Does anyone doubt that there is a significant and growing amount of >money at stake? > >Sincerely, >Thomas Cox >...!ihnp4!gargoyle!sphinx!benn I agree with most of what you say. However, I beleive that Gene Spafford has gone about this in a way which was guaranteed to stir up trouble. THE problem is money. It's not whether group X was created illegaly or not. If Gene had been more forthright and come out stating "Look guys, if we don't cut down traffic, the s*** is going to hit the fan.", and then asked for suggestions, we could have discussed this pretty much rationally. However, by hiding behind a facade of rule enforcement and taking essentially unilateral action (particularly with net.internat), what we got instead was useless controversy. Mark F. Flynn Department of Physics Washington University St. Louis, MO 63130 ihnp4!wuphys!mff ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "There is no dark side of the moon, really. Matter of fact, it's all dark." P. Floyd