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From: gt0818a@prism.gatech.EDU (Paul E. Robichaux)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Red Ryder 11.0 Announcement
Keywords: white knight
Message-ID: <2785@hydra.gatech.EDU>
Date: 25 Oct 89 21:18:27 GMT
References: <4380@yunexus.UUCP> <2938@husc6.harvard.edu> <829@pmafire.UUCP> <995@bridge2.ESD.3Com.COM>
Reply-To: gt0818a@prism.gatech.EDU (Paul E. Robichaux)
Organization: 68030-based scum beings from Hell
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In article <995@bridge2.ESD.3Com.COM> Norm Goodger writes:
>poor news software. There is no easy way to read threads of msgs, no
>way to know that someone has replied 10 times already to a msg you are
>replying to. You can list the msg subjects, but how many of us do that?
>While I do not think there is an easy solution to this, there is room
>for improvement in News software so that as you enter replies, you can

   [other stuff deleted]

Sorry, Norm, but this won't wash.

Blaming the excess posts on the news software is just plain wrong.  The
news sw didn't post the excess message copy...some human- in this case,
you- did it. 

The original posting was questionable. The net isn't the place for
postings for commercial products. Maybe something along the lines of
"White Knight (formerly RR) is coming out Oct. xx; email me for more
details" would have been OK. The way you did it, though, is not really
kosher.

So..let's move the CTB discussion to comp.sys.mac.programmer, the
White Knight propaganda to email, and this whole discussion to inactive
status.

-Paul
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