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From: dave@viper.Lynx.MN.Org (David Messer)
Newsgroups: news.groups
Subject: Re: Results of sci.aquaria vote
Message-ID: <2932@viper.Lynx.MN.Org>
Date: 21 Nov 89 03:51:46 GMT
References: <10397@encore.Encore.COM>
Reply-To: dave@viper.Lynx.MN.Org (David Messer)
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In article <10397@encore.Encore.COM> cook@encore.com writes:
 >[chuq@Apple.COM (Chuq Von Rospach) recently posted that: 
 >|
 >|Point of order. Most folks have a 'right' to participate in USENET decisions
 >|only at the sufference of the people in charge of USENET.
 >|
 >This is probably accurate for the situation at the moment, but it is
 >pretty unrealistic to project this much into the future.  Look at the
 >trends away from large mainframes towards small but powerful workstations
 >(that network just fine, thank you.)  Couple this with the trend towards
 >users having independent home stations...

But then the USERS will become system administrators.  In fact, they will
be paying the bills for their (small) part of the net.  Their 'rights'
would then increase in proportion.


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