Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!sun-barr!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!ateng!chip From: chip@ateng.com (Chip Salzenberg) Newsgroups: news.misc Subject: Re: In Moderation Message-ID: <24BE2661.3547@ateng.com> Date: 14 Jul 89 17:44:01 GMT References: <24A91A67.28396@ateng.com> <3579@looking.on.ca> <1895@prune.bbn.com> Organization: A T Engineering, Tampa, FL Lines: 18 According to rsalz@bbn.com (Rich Salz): >According to chip@ateng.com (Chip Salzenberg): >>Anterior intends to use the thoughts and works of hundreds of altruistic >>givers -- the best and brightest of Usenet -- just to turn a buck. > >So what? I went to get sources out to people. How is my "cause" hurt >by someone paying for what they can get elsewhere for free? I admit that IMN is not a direct threat to Rich's "cause" nor anyone else's. However, IMN is a force for change; and I do not like the kind of change that IMN, as I currently understand it, may cause. Perhaps many people will like the post-IMN Usenet; perhaps even I will. But I'd rather not find out the hard way. -- You may redistribute this article only to those who may freely do likewise. Chip Salzenberg | or A T Engineering | Me? Speak for my company? Surely you jest!