Xref: utzoo alt.sys.sun:62 news.admin:7154 Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!ames!amdahl!pyramid!prls!philabs!ttidca!quad1!srhqla!csun!fedeva!dynasys!jessea From: jessea@dynasys.UUCP ( Sysadmin.) Newsgroups: alt.sys.sun,news.admin Subject: alt.sys.sun???? Message-ID: <12@dynasys.UUCP> Date: 1 Oct 89 21:57:45 GMT Reply-To: jessea@dynasys.UUCP (Jesse W. Asher - Sysadmin.) Organization: Dynasys: Consulting for the Future. Lines: 32 It is hard to convey feelings over the net, so I'll say at the beginning that I am not angry, upset, or anything else along those lines. This will sound like I am. Lately, I have been observing a disturbing trend on the net. It seems that many of the quidelines set up to keep the net intact are becoming violated with increasing frequency. Huge .sig files, constant flame wars, extreme rudeness, etc. Everyone (correction - a lot of people) are only interested in solely what they perceive to be in their short-sighted interest. I can no longer sit back and watch this extremely useful and fascinating and sometimes beautiful thing get trashed. Why two newsgroups about Sun systems? Ah, someone will doubtless say the these are going to be about two aspects of Sun systems. So what. Is there any reason that the one newsgroup will NOT suffice. I don't think so. Even if there is, it doesn't belong in the alt category. Why not just put it in the rec category, or perhaps soc? Those areas have been created with specific purposes. I know there is no governing body in usenet except its sysadmins. So, unless someone can come up with a pretty good reason why I should have two newsgroups about Sun systems, I will not permit alt.sys.sun on my system or any systems that get a feed from me. Rules are there for a purpose. They keep things from falling apart and letting everyone do whatever they chose. Obey them. Thanx for putting up with my tirade. :-) -- Jesse W. Asher Dynasys (901) 382-1705 6196-1 Macon Rd., Suite 200, Memphis, TN 38134 uunet!dynasys!jessea