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From: jik@pit-manager.mit.edu (Jonathan I. Kamens)
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Subject: Re: Newsgroup discussions off track?
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Date: 17 Jul 90 22:22:49 GMT
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In-Reply-To: cazier@mbunix.mitre.org's message of 17 Jul 90 16:59:30 GMT


  Why do discussions in this newsgroup have to be "technical" in
nature?  We've got an entire hierarchy devoted to technical issues of
virtually any sort; I therefore fail to see why technical discussions
would or should take place in this newsgroup.

  All three discussions you mention in your post are related to Usenix
in some way, and pretty much all of them belong more in this
newsgroup than they would in any other.  I therefore see no
justification for your complaints.  If you don't want to read about
what's being discussed, then put the subjects in your kill file.

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