Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!mailrus!ames!killer!csccat!loci From: loci@csccat.UUCP (Chuck Brunow) Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: Re: Flushot-Plus protect against Virus & Trojan programs Message-ID: <569@csccat.UUCP> Date: 7 May 88 18:59:26 GMT References: <7714@brl-smoke.ARPA> <1414@hoqax.UUCP> <897@seradg.Dayton.NCR.COM> <742NU098674@NDSUVM1> <541@csccat.UUCP> <10723@steinmetz.ge.com> Reply-To: just post it, we all want a good laugh Organization: Computer Support Corporation. Dallas,Texas. Lines: 46 Keywords: Just as I thought Summary: Aha, the worm turns In article <10723@steinmetz.ge.com> davidsen@crdos1.UUCP (bill davidsen) writes: >In article <541@csccat.UUCP> loci@csccat.UUCP (Chuck Brunow) writes: > >| Surely a better way to serve the PC user is for them to get >| together (stop laughing) and form their own international, >| reliable, and convenient network. Naturally, everyone would >| work together and freely contribute their time, efforts, and >| cash to make an even better net. All users would instantly >| agree on protocols, compaction, archivers, services, etc. > > Once upon a time there was a net called FIDOnet. It was just about as >you describe. It was run by anarchy; if you didn't like another sysop >you just didn't feed him. If what you wanted was worth it, you paid the >phone costs. If you wanted to connect to other nets, you did. That does seem to be great: black-ball people, refuse feeds, etc. Just the mentality I'd expect from this group. The one good thing about it is that you pay your own way. > > Now it's organized. People at "the top" make policy, rules, and >changes. If you belong to another net (say AlterNet) FIDO sysops are >told to shun you. I don't want to get into a major discussion here, but >anarchy works quite well, thank you. Shun others!! Amazing. You have proven my point to a tee. Usenet doesn't do any of that: they even let you slimers post your binaries here, though they would rather you didn't. They make polite requests, get ignored, and tolerate it. I especially like the way that the way that the fido-sites spool up everybodies mail and read it. I suppose they can't get any of their own. That's really low, but hey, if you like it so much, WHY ARE YOU HERE? You prove my point to a tee. >"Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me Yes, it shows. This group is just like the single-minded toys that ibm passes off as computers. I chuckle every time somebody posts a problem with compatibility cuz you've let ibm paint you into a corner and you're just too stubborn to admit it. Anyway, keep those flames coming: some of them are better than the comics. And others make no sense at all. But I love it. Without these comp.ibm groups, I wouldn't be able to shoot fish in a barrel.