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From: chris@umcp-cs.UUCP (Chris Torek)
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Subject: Re: Time to set something straight...
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Date: Mon, 4-Nov-85 19:12:48 EST
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> ...  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.

Funny, I recall quite a few warnings about the traffic levels.
I cannot say whether any were from Gene Spafford, but they were
there.  The suggestions for cutting down traffic were basially
twofold:  have fewer newsgroups, and use more moderated groups.
These were not uncontested, but they were the only proposals made
that I remember.

(Incidentally, as I recall, the pending demise of net.bizarre *was*
mentioned in net.bizarre.  I am unsurprised that it was lost in the
clamour.)
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