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From: bsa@telotech.UUCP (Brandon S. Allbery)
Newsgroups: news.software.b
Subject: Re: news.software.c
Message-ID: <1989Jul16.025409.1287@telotech.uucp>
Date: 16 Jul 89 02:54:09 GMT
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In-reply-to: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)

An Open Comment to Geoff and Henry:

I see a lot of complaints about C news not being identical to B news 2.11
patchlevel 17 on the net.  I just figured I'd try to even it out a bit:
personally, I have no problems with it.  I installed C news on "telotech" (the
system I'm posting from) and will be installing on ncoast sometime soon (well,
I'll be installing it on "nc386", but as of August 1 it'll be "ncoast"); I
found it to be less of a hassle than my past experiences with B news, and
maintenance is also less painful.  (Side comment:  I *did* have a problem with
building it; either you or I forgot something.  I had to chown everything to
"bin" to compile it, after unpacking as "bsa".  Did I miss a comment in the
installation notes, or did you forget to include a warning to that effect?)

Anyway, I've had no problems so far, and expect none on ncoast/nc386 even
though ncoast is a semi-major news system (it feeds, directly or indirectly,
much of Northeast Ohio) and will be handling even more when the new machine
takes over.  You two did a good job, and regardless of other comments, *I*
thank you.

++Brandon