jabr@umb.umb.edu (John Abreau) (01/06/88)
>Brad Templeton suggests that every month, the two most costly newsgroups be >removed. He believes this would result in great savings. > : [flames removed] >Bill Wisner / {cbosgd,codas,ihnp4}!killer!billw / billw@oberon.LCS.MIT.EDU I believe you've misunderstood Brad's remarks. I understood him to be suggesting the deletion of the two most expensive *PER USER* newsgroups -- in other words, newgroups with large volume and few readers. Comp.sys.amiga wouldn't fit this description, as it has a large readership. Must we have this constant bickering in news.*? I thought that's what alt.flame is for! (One reason I don't get the alt.* groups here at umb! :-) -- -- John M. Abreau, Dept of Computer Science, University of Massachusetts/Boston INTERNET: jabr@umb.edu UUCP: {ihnp4,mit-vax,seismo,think}!harvard!umb!jabr Disclaimer: Opinions are provided AS IS, with no warranties, express or implied...