matt@oddjob.uchicago.edu (Matt Crawford) (10/12/89)
Bill Sommerfeld: ) People don't have to be on sites which use the usenet news "protocols" ) and namespace to access an arbitrary subset of the information flow ) which is Usenet. True. But those who do not, and will not, access the information by usenet-like means should not have a voice in deciding what name the information is given within usenet. ________________________________________________________ Matt Crawford matt@oddjob.uchicago.edu
justin@inmet (10/14/89)
/* Written 1:56 pm Oct 11, 1989 by matt@oddjob.UUCP in inmet:news.groups */ Bill Sommerfeld: ) People don't have to be on sites which use the usenet news "protocols" ) and namespace to access an arbitrary subset of the information flow ) which is Usenet. True. But those who do not, and will not, access the information by usenet-like means should not have a voice in deciding what name the information is given within usenet. ________________________________________________________ Matt Crawford matt@oddjob.uchicago.edu /* End of text from inmet:news.groups */ I agree. *However*, (getting back to the point), a large number of people on the Digest *will* access it by Usenet once it becomes a mainstream group. In other words, they are getting the message through the digest because they can't (for whatever reason) get alt.sca, but they will read rec.org.sca (or whatever name we decided on) once that is created... -- Justin