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From: ray@micomvax.UUCP (Ray Dunn)
Newsgroups: news.sysadmin
Subject: Re: More on the Serious Dilemma.
Message-ID: <1284@micomvax.UUCP>
Date: 21 Sep 88 16:43:38 GMT
References: <6849@rpp386.Dallas.TX.US>
Reply-To: ray@micomvax.UUCP (Ray Dunn)
Organization: Philips Electronics Ltd. (TDS - Montreal) St. Laurent QC, Canada
Lines: 44

In article <6849@rpp386.Dallas.TX.US> jfh@rpp386.Dallas.TX.US (The Beach Bum) writes:
 >I was reading mail and noted an entry which asked if portal actually
 >contributed anything to the net in return for the burden they place
 >on the machines and people, that's us, responsible for seeing to it
 >that the network continues to operate.

Hmm.  Interesting isn't it.  The email between these anti-portal posters
certainly seems to have been busy!

 >This is part of the UUCP map entry for Portal [.....]

 >Unless steps are taken to curtail this wanton abuse of the good will
 >of the net, I will take whatever steps needed to raise the required
 >capital to create a Portal Communications Company clone which I will
 >then use to compete directly, head to head, with .portal.com for
 >their revenue and subscriber base [....] 

Can we now see the reason.  Naw.  I can't believe its *that* simple!

 >You are invited to watch, or join, or come to your senses and remove
 >that site from existence.

Why does this phrase make chills run down my spine, and the hair on the nape
of neck begin to rise?

 >  And should the need arise, you will also
 >be invited to invest your money in this venture.  Surely an oppurtunity
 >such as this only comes once or twice in a lifetime.  UNLESS, someone
 >acts now.  These are not empty words.  Surely there are other John
 >Little's willing to make the big bucks babysitting a BBS.  And surely
 >there are investors willing to produce the needed funds to create that
 >BBS.
 >-- 
 >John F. Haugh II (jfh@rpp386.Dallas.TX.US)             HASA, "S" Division

Is all this *really* because these dolts want to start up a rival system??
I doubt it, but I suppose that *would* be the most charitable conclusion we
could come to!

-- 
Ray Dunn.                      |   UUCP: ..!philabs!micomvax!ray
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