Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!iuvax!watmath!looking!brad From: brad@looking.on.ca (Brad Templeton) Newsgroups: news.groups Subject: Re: misc.headlines.unitex moderator RESIGNS Message-ID: <52644@looking.on.ca> Date: 26 Nov 89 03:32:15 GMT References: <3708@ccnysci.UUCP> <2388@stl.stc.co.uk> <9739@zodiac.ADS.COM> <2441@cbnewsj.ATT.COM> Organization: Looking Glass Software Ltd. Lines: 29 Class: discussion In article jay@splut.conmicro.com (Jay "you ignorant splut!" Maynard) writes: > >Ignoring the vicious slam against Corpus Christi - a very nice city - as >his example of a place that might be misled if there were no such thing >as Unitex, his solicitation for funds is contrary to the implicit >policies of Usenet, if not the explicit policy of the Internet. The other issues aside, why do people keep saying this? There are *no* "policies" of Usenet, implicit or explicit. There is only one standard, namely "is it worth reading?" And that's a personal standard. What is lesser known is that there are no policies regarding this on the internet. "The internet" is made up of dozens of different nets with independent governing bodies, and the last time I checked, only two, MILNET and NASAnet, had made policies that would relate to such postings. NSFnet, in particular, is *not* one of those bodies. Now we can get to the specifics of Waldron's postings. Waldron is pompous and fairly ignorant of USENET, that's for sure. It is also my personal opinion that pure solicitations for funds are going to be low on the "is it worth reading?" scale for many readers. On the other hand, that particular posting, regardless of what it said, was better written than the typical posting to this group, so I am happy to let things be. -- Brad Templeton, ClariNet Communications Corp. -- Waterloo, Ontario 519/884-7473