jpm@bnl.UUCP (John McNamee) (02/12/85)
>>Actually, Usenet, Inc exists now (at least for some groups). It is called >>Compuserve and The Source. I've noticed that at $5 or $7.75 per hour >>(respectively) people are less likely to post trash just for the fun of it. > > There's alot more "trash" on Compuserve than you might think...take >the "netwits" group, or the games SIG, or the Hollywood gossip column, or >the Multi-player games...people are just as willing to pay $6.00/hour offtime >to play 'Adventure' as to write pleas for help... The difference is the "trash" on CompuServe is kept in areas that you know will contain trash, and not mixed in with the serious stuff. The technical SIGs do have quite a bit of good stuff. Some are better than Usenet, some are the same, and some are worse. CIS is not for everybody. People who are involved with Unix and nothing else will probably not be interested. It is oriented towards microcomputer owners, and it does a better job than net.micro.* on Usenet. It also takes time to determine which SIGs are good and which are a waste of time. For example, the MicroSoft SIG is a waste of time because every time you ask a question the sysop sends back the "Its an OEM product and we cant support it" form letter. I havent quite figured out if the DRI SIG is any good. If I decide to sign up for GPS then it will be, but otherwise no. Better support for CP/M is on the CP-MIG SIG. -- John McNamee ..!decvax!philabs!sbcs!bnl!jpm jpm@Bnl.Arpa