Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!ames!amdahl!pyramid!prls!philabs!micomvax!ray 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 Philips Electronics Ltd. | TEL : (514) 744-8200 Ext: 2347 600 Dr Frederik Philips Blvd | FAX : (514) 744-6455 St Laurent. Quebec. H4M 2S9 | TLX : 05-824090