ab3@pucc-h (Darth Wombat) (02/14/84)
What follows is an attempt to respond to Orlando Sotomayor-Diaz... > Wombat says, when attacking the proposals to split a couple of > newsgroups: > > >... most of this is [sic] stems from the *laziness* of those > >folks who don't want to take the time to look at a few extra headers. Well, I made a typo. Sorry; So did you: I'm pur-ee!rsk aka Darth Wombat, not uicsl!wombat, who is a fine marsupial netter, but at a different site. > We are not lazy, we are just concerned about using the > resources of our employers for activities that are of > questionable business value. Many people > read news on company time, others offline, but all are > using company money. By your argument, then, you should turn off net.non-business-related.*; shoudn't you? > In your case, you might be a student somewhere > and the situation might be different, but we (and other > corporations on USENET) must always be on alert > to justify how this activity can make the bottom line look healthier. Ah! I must be a student and therefore unaware of economic realities? Hmmm...I'd like to see *you* justify net.singles to *your* management as a profit-producing entity. > I'm rather surprised that some allegedly computer (?) people make > mockery of the efficiency argument. I certainly would hesitate using > your products... For your info: Unix Systems Staff, Purdue University C.C. Working towards Ph.D. E.E. Former position: Software Engineer, Omnimedical Tomography/Radiography Systems So if you've been in for a scan lately, you just might have... Steamingly, -- "Go ahead...make my day." Darth Wombat ARPA: rsk@purdue UUCP: { allegra, decvax, ihnp4, harpo, seismo, teklabs, ucbvax } !pur-ee!rsk