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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
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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
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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.


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	richard currier		marine physical lab	u.c. san diego
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