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From: dave@viper.Lynx.MN.Org (David Messer)
Newsgroups: news.groups
Subject: Re: Results of sci.aquaria vote
Message-ID: <2931@viper.Lynx.MN.Org>
Date: 21 Nov 89 03:21:02 GMT
References: <2903@viper.Lynx.MN.Org> <528@panix.UUCP> <36510@apple.Apple.COM> <17049@umn-cs.CS.UMN.EDU>
Reply-To: dave@viper.Lynx.MN.Org (David Messer)
Organization: Lynx Data Systems, Eagan, MN
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In article <17049@umn-cs.CS.UMN.EDU> hougen@umn-cs.cs.umn.edu (Dean Hougen) writes:
 >
 >Chuq, listen up.  People will regularly contribute to a system if they feel 
 >that the system is in some way theirs.a ...
 > ... Take away their right (priv.) to
 >participate in the decisions of USENET and the users will go.
 > ...  What some people seem to be forgetting, is that those who
 >pay the bills may do so out of greedy self-interest, but many of the users
 >participate because they feel the system is for them.  They honestly feel that
 >USENET is for the USER.  And they will leave if you tell them differently.
 >
 >Take away my right to vote, and I will take away my contributions.
 >(You won't miss me Chuq?  I won't miss you.)

Strange.  It seems that you are saying that a system-administrator should
care whether a non-paying user stays or goes...  What a strange idea!

On MY system, I make the rules for MY convienience -- if the users don't like
it, they are free to find someone else to give them access.  As it is,
they get a lot more than they pay for.


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