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From: spaf@gatech.CSNET (Gene Spafford)
Newsgroups: net.news.group
Subject: Re: spaf's note on fa->mod groups
Message-ID: <1744@gatech.CSNET>
Date: Sun, 27-Oct-85 11:27:59 EST
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Posted: Sun Oct 27 11:27:59 1985
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References: <9100001@prism.UUCP> <453@brl-sem.ARPA>
Reply-To: spaf@gatech.UUCP (Gene Spafford)
Organization: The Clouds Project, School of ICS, Georgia Tech
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In article <453@brl-sem.ARPA> ron@brl-sem.ARPA (Ron Natalie ) writes:
>Now I am pissed.

So am I, Ron.  You've done this before -- going off half-cocked and
flaming someone WITHOUT KNOWING THE FACTS.

>SPAF has decided to groups for hitherto unannounced and by his own arguments
>undetermined need ARPA->USENET links.

Erik Fair is doing the switchover from "fa" to "mod" groups.  I issued
the "newgroups" on the basis of a list he sent me which indicates
which Arpa groups corresponded to which "mod" groups under the
switch.  He compiled that list, I assumed, based on his mail traffic
the postings resulting from the discussion in net.news.group and net.news
a month back.

I *DID NOT* decide anything about these groups.

>What is especially distressing is that he has done this to a WRONG
>mailing list.  The GOULDBUGS mailing list is for BUGS.  Specific BUG
>reports like 4BSD-BUGS@BERKELEY.  It is a mailing list which is a direct
>feed in to the software support department at GOULD. It is not for
>general net.whining about GOULD processors. However, without any
>preliminary announcement, nor entry in the announcement groups, he has
>the intent of setting up "mod.computers.gould" to interact with
>GOULDBUGS.

Fine.  Once I heard that, I deleted it.  I still don't know why
Erik had it in his list that way.  If there is something else like
that, let me know.  And please let Erik know.  

I thought you were a responsible individual?  Why do so many otherwise
reasonable individuals seem to lose all sense of proportion and
maturity when they sit down in front of a terminal?  How much
would it take to send me mail and *ASK* why something is happening
rather than make up your own interpretation and post it as a flame?

To repeat:
Usenet -- Those who can, try; those who can't, bitch and flame those
	who try.
-- 
Gene "sometime in 1986" Spafford
The Clouds Project, School of ICS, Georgia Tech, Atlanta GA 30332
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