rja@edison.GE.COM (rja) (02/04/88)
I do NOT claim to have started the whole meta-discussion about unix-pc.*
and comp.sys.att. Actually my idea was to try to SEPARATE the unix.pc
messages along with any 6300 series messages into a NEW newsgroup called
comp.sys.att.pc ( != comp.sys.att). It would be funny if it hadn't ended
up backfiring into MORE unix-pc stuff going into comp.sys.att via the
(proposed ? existing already ?) gateway. I have seen many postings which
ignored the implicit creation of the new newsgroup and debated the merits
of " mv unix_pc.* comp.sys.att" which wasn't my idea. There have been
very intelligent postings as well so please spare the flames.
One result has been the creation of a mailing list @netsys which is for
3B (not 3B1 !) folks. I have gotten bounced mail on previous attempts to
subscribe and so am frustrated. The smaller AT&T machines are fine and I
agree that the net support is really helpful, but my own interest lies
elsewhere and certainly there is enough at&t pc traffic to merit its own
group. I applaud the efforts of the fellow talking about the gateway,
despite the negative impacts on my own net reading. I still don't understand
the antagonism of the vocal "anti- USENET" people. My site does NOT carry
every newsgroup NOR is there any USENET requirement to do same.
Anyway, perhaps I'll manage to get on the AT&T minicomputer mailing list
and the unix-pc folks will resolve their issues amicably.
Have a nice day. :-)
rja@edison.GE.COM {preferred}
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{virginia, calma, unipress} !edison!rjakathy@bakerst.UUCP (Kathy Vincent) (02/07/88)
In article <1313@edison.GE.COM>, rja@edison.GE.COM (rja) writes: > > I still don't understand > the antagonism of the vocal "anti- USENET" people. I think you are misinterpreting. I don't think anyone of this crowd is "anti-USENET." *I*'m certainly not. None of us would be here if we were. And I don't think anyone is antagonistic here. Disagreement is not automatically antagonism. It can degenerate into antagonism - and all too often does - but it isn't automatically antagonism. Kathy Vincent ------> {ihnp4|mtune|codas|ptsfa}!bakerst!kathy ------> {ihnp4|mtune|burl}!wrcola!kathy ------> { favourite AT&T gateway }!wruxe!unix