Xref: utzoo comp.unix.xenix:3055 comp.unix.microport:1364 news.groups:5198 Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!husc6!cmcl2!phri!marob!samperi From: samperi@marob.MASA.COM (Dominick Samperi) Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix,comp.unix.microport,news.groups Subject: Re: new groups for iX86 unix (was: Bell Tech 386 SysVr3) Message-ID: <372@marob.MASA.COM> Date: 20 Aug 88 05:52:18 GMT References: <25145@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> <465@sp7040.UUCP> <11643@steinmetz.ge.com> <1988Aug16.011817.17102@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu> <1608@edis <5562@rpp386.UUCP> <177@dcs.UUCP> Reply-To: samperi@marob.masa.com (Dominick Samperi) Organization: ESCC New York City Lines: 18 In article <177@dcs.UUCP> you write: >That's right. And if we were to create all these groups, the folks who want >to flame and get maximum exposure for their flames (which is why they >cross-post in the first place) would just cross-post to six groups >instead of two. The signal-to-noise ratio cannot be lowered without the >cooperation of those who chose to make noise, new groups won't do it. Most of the recent flames in this newsgroup were from people who desparately want to see the software that they paid for work correctly, or from people who want a reasonable amount of technical suppport in return for the support contract that they paid for. If these flames help to provide some incentive for the companies in question to deliver, then they have served a useful purpose, and are not noise. -- Dominick Samperi, NYC samperi@acf8.NYU.EDU samperi@marob.MASA.COM cmcl2!phri!marob uunet!hombre!samperi (^ ell)