haapanen@watdcsu.UUCP (Tom Haapanen [DCS]) (11/05/85)
In article <467@brl-sem.ARPA> abc@brl-sem.ARPA (Brint Cooper) writes: >If companies are REALLY concerned about their phone bills (and not about >oneupsmanship), they'll immediately direct their host administrators to >shut off net.bizarre, net.jokes, net.women, net.singles, net.social, >net.motss, net.religion.xxx, net.games (except for, perhaps, the game >companies!), net.rec, and the like. I make no argument for net.jokes, net.flame or any others, but, BUT, *BUT*! There has been much discussion about people posting freeware on net.sources.mac, and how the net should not be used for monetary gain, and therefore we should go for mod.sources.mac or get rid of the whole thing and blah blah blah. Well, then, WHAT GIVES A MULTI-MILLION-DOLLAR CORPORATION THE RIGHT TO POST 300 LINES OF OBVIOUS ADVERTISING ON THE NET WHEN AN INDIVIDUAL PROGRAMMER IS NOT ALLOWED TO POST HIS PROGRAM? Do big companies have more rights? Could you answer this, Brint? Or how about you, Clif? Sorry about the flame --- I feel better now. \tom haapanen watmath!watdcsu!haapanen Don't cry, don't do anything No lies, back in the government No tears, party time is here again President Gas is up for president (c) Psychedelic Furs, 1982
abc@brl-sem.ARPA (Brint Cooper ) (11/09/85)
Re the Intel Flap: Folks should post anything to the newsgroups that their system administrators will allow. If the readership does not wish to read some item, they simply don't read it. Should someone in the community find this unsatisfactory, he or she can offer to moderate mod.computer.micro! The opportunities afforded Intel are available to everyone on the net. I am inundated with information and could easily have missed the announcement of the 386. I discard nearly every piece of 3rd class mail I receive. Therefore, I welcome announcements in this group by Intel, AMD, Motorola, Zilog, and anyone else who has a new product to announce. Equally useful are the articles claiming that the 386 is not so significant when they are made on technical grounds. All the rest belong in net.flame -- which I do not read! Brint In article <1839@watdcsu.UUCP> haapanen@watdcsu.UUCP (Tom Haapanen [DCS]) writes: . > >I make no argument for net.jokes, net.flame or any others, but, BUT, >*BUT*! There has been much discussion about people posting freeware >on net.sources.mac, and how the net should not be used for monetary >gain, and therefore we should go for mod.sources.mac or get rid of the >whole thing and blah blah blah. Well, then, WHAT GIVES A >MULTI-MILLION-DOLLAR CORPORATION THE RIGHT TO POST 300 LINES OF >OBVIOUS ADVERTISING ON THE NET WHEN AN INDIVIDUAL PROGRAMMER IS >NOT ALLOWED TO POST HIS PROGRAM? Do big companies have more rights? > >Could you answer this, Brint? > > > > \tom haapanen > watmath!watdcsu!haapanen