andrews@ubc-cs.UUCP (Jamie Andrews) (11/08/85)
Somebody at mplvax writes: >> ... net.sources.mac is used ... for legitimate UNIX related work... In article <6121@utzoo.UUCP> henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) writes: > ... Are you willing to prove it by using groups >like net.sources.mac to publish things that are of use to non-Mac users, >i.e. NOT JUST MAC-SPECIFIC BINARIES?!? This is an easy one, so I'll field it even though I don't have a Mac, because Henry is just my most favourite guy on the net :-). If it were of use to non-Mac users, Henry, it would have no Mac-specific code, ie. it could only be used by a Mac in dumb scrolling mode, ie. it could be used by everyone, ie. it should go in net.sources. The ".mac" part, Henry, means that it's software designed specifically for the Mac, y'see. :-) >Yes, the net helps you: what have you done to return the favor? We support the other newsgroups that don't seem to be of any use to some of us (e.g. net.politics). That's the way it is for all of us; we carry newsgroups we're not interested in so that other people will carry newsgroups that we are interested in. Say that tomorrow, utzoo magically became a leaf node and mplvax the backbone site it was connected to, and the SA at mplvax decided "hey, all these irrelevant Vax-specific newsgroups are useless, let's not carry them." I doubt you'd say that the backbone SAs should have the power to decide what newsgroups to carry. Oh, you would? Parent: "Now Terry, don't hit Chris like that. Would you like it if Chris came up to you and hit you?" Terry (indignantly, lying through teeth): "Yes." --Jamie. ...!ihnp4!alberta!ubc-vision!ubc-cs!andrews "Oh, my Lolita, I have only words to play with"