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From: verner@inuxh.UUCP (Matt Verner)
Newsgroups: net.news.group,net.micro.amiga
Subject: Re: commercialism and net.micro.amiga going the way of .mac
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Date: Fri, 1-Nov-85 13:14:05 EST
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> bout
> costs, traffic and rule breaking.
> 
...
> The bulk of the current postings in net.micro.amiga are from so called
> 'developers' who receive special treatment from Commodore to enhance the
> commercial value of the Amiga, with an increasing volume of traffic from
> Commodore itself, answering technical questions, making reassuring noises,
> promising software and documentation issues etc.  It is also very clear that
> there is much e-mail being passed through the network between Commodore and
> its developers.
> 
> There is no argument that this is extremely useful and interesting traffic
> to the Amiga world, and peripherally interesting to many of us, but surely
> it is *PURE COMMERCIALISM* with the cost being met by the network as a whole,
> in some cases by *COMPETITORS* to Commodore, whether directly or indirectly.
> 
> Quite honestly, the only real solution I see to the current net malaise, is
> to retrench ourselves into a pure UNIX network, with moderated feeds from
> other interest groups, and perhaps even with full moderation on all groups.
> 
I agree 100%.  I am hardley a disinterested party because I have been on 
the edge of buying an Amiga for a few weeks (waiting on some substance
in the software dept).  I have a lot to loose if this group were limited
in some fashion but I do feel that the non-commercial nature of the net
MUST be preserved or total breakdown is likely...


				Matt

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