mack@inco.UUCP (Dave Mack) (07/10/87)
Well, folks, for those of you who haven't heard yet, seismo will be dropping out of the backbone as of Sept. 1, 1987. If you thought the Great Newsgroup Purge caused problems, wait 'til you try to get mail around the East Coast this fall. (Unless we all subscribe to UUNET instead, I guess.) -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dave Mack (from Mack's Bedroom :<) McDonnell Douglas-Inco, Inc. DISCLAIMER: The opinions expressed 8201 Greensboro Drive are my own and in no way reflect the McLean, VA 22102 views of McDonnell Douglas or its (703)883-3911 subsidiaries. ...!seismo!sundc!hadron!inco!mack ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
reid@decwrl.DEC.COM (Brian Reid) (07/10/87)
In article <288@inco.UUCP> mack@inco.UUCP (Dave Mack) writes: > >Well, folks, for those of you who haven't heard yet, seismo will be >dropping out of the backbone as of Sept. 1, 1987. If you thought the >Great Newsgroup Purge caused problems, wait 'til you try to get mail >around the East Coast this fall. (Unless we all subscribe to UUNET >instead, I guess.) I think that seismo dropping out is wonderful, and I am very impressed with how gracefully and smoothly Rick is engineering that dropout. Seismo provides a wonderful service, but the problem is that they provide it for free. One of the basic laws of nature is that things that are free and valuable are inherently unstable. By moving the load from seismo to uunet, Rick is ensuring that there won't be some catastrophe causing sudden loss of seismo services. Remember that seismo is a U.S. Government-owned machine, and all it would take is a couple of congressmen--a Proxmire, perhaps--to start making a stink about seismo, and boom, it would vanish in a weekend. By moving the load to a commercial machine, it is immune from this kind of sudden death. It is not immune to a slow financial death caused by not having enough customers, but that is something you and your friends can fix yourself, by subscribing. If electronic mail service is really so valuable to you that you think the sky would fall if you were to be cut off, then you really ought to be willing to pay a little bit of money for it. I certainly am. Brian Reid DECWRL
todd@uhccux.UUCP (The Perplexed Wiz) (07/12/87)
In article <288@inco.UUCP> mack@inco.UUCP (Dave Mack) writes: >Well, folks, for those of you who haven't heard yet, seismo will be >dropping out of the backbone as of Sept. 1, 1987. If you thought the I hadn't heard. Could someone at seismo please post a note to the net explaining the situation and the timetable for all of this? Thanks...todd -- Todd Ogasawara, U. of Hawaii Center for Teaching Excellence UUCP: {ihnp4,seismo,ucbvax,dcdwest}!sdcsvax!nosc!uhccux!todd ARPA: uhccux!todd@nosc.MIL INTERNET: todd@uhccux.UHCC.HAWAII.EDU