netnews@wnuxb.UUCP (Heiby) (04/09/85)
Tired of arguments about what shell is the niftiest? Tired of flames about
AT&T vs BSD? Exhausted by questions from new Usenetters who have not yet
read the stuff in net.announce.newusers? Well, friends, there's an answer!
The mod.unix newsgroup is still alive and well. So far, the vast majority
of postings have been culled from the huge amount of stuff in net.unix and
net.unix-wizards. My plans still call for me to stop reading all this stuff
at the end of April. So, if you want a much higher signal to noise ratio,
give mod.unix a listen. And, contribute your articles to it, instead of the
net groups. To contribute, send the article as mail to
unix@cbosgd.UUCP
To talk with me about mod.unix send mail to unix-request@cbosgd.UUCP.
If your site (on Usenet) is not receiving mod.unix, have your netnews
administrator contact me at unix-request@cbosgd.UUCP.
Thanks.
--
Ronald W. Heiby / ihnp4!{wnuxa!heiby|wnuxb!netnews}
AT&T Information Systems, Inc.
Lisle, IL (CU-D21)netnews@wnuxb.UUCP (Heiby) (04/23/85)
Well, I'm really at a loss. It has been two weeks since my last message telling of the wonders of mod.unix and urging submissions to same and I have not received *A SINGLE SUBMISSION*. I have received several notes of encouragement, though, so I know that my message is getting out. I have received several compliments on the mod.unix digests, so I know that they are getting out. If you have submitted something, I haven't got it yet. If you haven't, why not? Maybe the net is not yet ready for a moderated forum for discussion of technical issues related to Unix. I, for one, am no longer willing to wade through the trash in net.unix and net.unix-wizards. I have been doing so to provide information to get mod.unix off the ground, and will continue to do so through the end of April (Just a week away!). After that, I stop reading all that stuff, and mod.unix will sink or swim on its own submissions. Things do not look good. What is the matter with you people? Why do you prefer this free-for-all to solid technical discussion? Oh, yes. Please don't send me notes saying to hang in there. SEND TECHNICAL CONTRIBUTIONS!!!! Getting disgusted, -- Ronald W. Heiby / netnews@wnuxb.UUCP | unix-request@cbosgd.UUCP AT&T Information Systems, Inc., Lisle, IL (CU-D21)
netnews@wnuxb.UUCP (Heiby) (04/26/85)
> Well, I'm really at a loss. It has been two weeks since my last message > telling of the wonders of mod.unix and urging submissions to same and I > have not received *A SINGLE SUBMISSION*. My apologies to all who have been sending submissions. I found a large gravity well on my machine and found 80K+ worth of messages to mod.unix. I hope to have them all processed by the end of this weekend. I feel much better now about the mod.unix group. I think we're going to make it. Thanks. -- Ronald W. Heiby / netnews@wnuxb.UUCP | unix-request@cbosgd.UUCP AT&T Information Systems, Inc., Lisle, IL (CU-D21)
netnews@wnuxb.UUCP (Heiby) (04/30/85)
Well, 4/30 has finally arrived. I am now un-subscribing to both net.unix and net.unix-wizards. I just don't have time to wade through all the trash. (Although several others who also don't have time like my doing so, for mod.unix, I just can't do it any more.) A couple of final suggestions: - Move all the TCP/IP, uucp, and other networking discussion to another group, perhaps net.dcom or net.bugs.uucp. - Move all the "golly, my hardware seems to be busted" discussion to another group, perhaps net.hw. (I know it doesn't exist.) - Move all of the other non-Unix-related messages to another group as appropriate. - Send the remaining 5-10% of these groups traffic, as mail, to "unix@cbosgd.UUCP", so someone will have a chance of seeing and responding to them. - ARPA people, contact the INFO-UNIX-REQUEST and INFO-UNIX-WIZARDS-REQUEST people to have the former gate mod.unix digests onto the INFO-UNIX list and have the latter evaporate. To those that remain, I hope you have fun. Bye! -- Ronald W. Heiby / netnews@wnuxb.UUCP | unix-request@cbosgd.UUCP AT&T Information Systems, Inc., Lisle, IL (CU-D21)