harald@ccicpg.UUCP ( Harald Milne) (12/17/87)
In the most recent issue of Unix/World (January) in the product of the
month section, Atari announced their new IDRIS Mega ST. It is a Mega St with
2meg of memory and 20meg hard disk. IDRIS is a UNIX lookalike.
The article also mentioned Atari's plans to introduce a 68030 machine
running System V UNIX some time next year.
And now in case any body is wondering why Im posting this, I wanted to
wrap this as sweetly as possible. Yes, Im the jerk that made that nasty posting
a few days ago about Ataris.
I wanted to make a few points very clear, reaching as many readers of
this group as possible. The same applies for the "other group".
For years now I have read usenet news. I have watched passively as some
of the massive flame wars have gone by. I have learned a while back, why.
Part of the problem lies in the news software and system itself. There
is a widely held misconception in that posting news to a cross posting results
in your message appearing only in your news group.
Unfortunately this is not so. And postnews doesn't warn you.
The other problem is that when a war is in progress, people that
normally only read news, get upset and start posting to these flames going
back and forth. (Im now talking about inexperienced users that normally never
post at all, except perhaps an occasional question) This increases the traffic
in both groups, in addition to what is already being said in both groups.
More traffic and hateful postings since it appears to readers of a
this group that the "other group" is just posting nasty stuff in this group.
(When in reality, the "other group" thinks the same thing). More hate. More
unproductive junk, reaches a peak and dies, sort of. Except a lingering
feeling that the "other group" is composed of vicious rabid dogs.
Now on to cross postings. Great but, thanks to these lingering feelings
the inevitable eventually reappears. Wars. Hate. Mudslinging.
So, in view of this, and my past experience, I would recommend extreme
caution in cross posting to the "other group" unless you possess superhuman
unbiased opinions. Keep it generic. There is no reason it can't work out, other
than those stated above.
That's all I was trying to say. I know its a bit radical, but perhaps
in some way, this will be the war to end all wars.
Perhaps something productive.
And on that note, I just want to say....
Merry Christmas, and a Joyous New Year!
Sincerely
Harald Milne
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