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From: abc@BRL.MIL (Brinton Cooper)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: re: comp.sys.apple2.tech
Message-ID: <8911101022.aa28961@SMOKE.BRL.MIL>
Date: 10 Nov 89 15:22:44 GMT
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab
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The reason that folks at Bitnet sites are not in favor of
comp.sys.apple2.tech is that, in general, Bitnet sites do not get Usenet
news. No doubt, you read comp.sys.apple via Usenet. However, I read
your note via a mailing list on the Internet (used to be known as
Arpanet). The mailing list, info-apple, is quite the precursor to
comp.sys.apple. However, I am disbanding info-apple for reasons
explained elsewhere. There seems to be no plan to gateway
comp.sys.apple2.tech (or comp.sys.apple for that matter) to the
Internet. Since Bitnet/Internet gateways are the only way that the
Bitnet folks have access to info-apple, creation of the new group
means that they will lose access to the discussions for which most of
them signed up.

Folks who have loaded up this newsgroup and mailing list with the
electronic sludge of irrelevant discussions about piracy, the future of
Apple Computer, Inc, and profanity on the net share much of the
responsibility for the pending changes.

_Brint