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From: lars@spectrum.CMC.COM (Lars Poulsen)
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
Subject: Re: Creative (?) Use of Internet
Message-ID: <1990Aug27.054316.4096@spectrum.CMC.COM>
Date: 27 Aug 90 05:43:16 GMT
References: <894@beguine.UUCP> <1990Aug25.170503.21457@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
Organization: Rockwell CMC
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>In article <894@beguine.UUCP> dfiled@uncmed.med.unc.edu () writes:
>>We now feel that an electronic conferencing system is the answer to this type
>>of need--indeed is tailor-made to address this sort of thing.  However,
>>with electronic conferencing, all the conference members need to be able to
>>access the same host system--the one that is running the conference software.

What do you mean by conferencing software ?
In my view, USENET is about what I'd want.... but the word "conferencing
software" is ill-defined, and smacks of putting the solution before the
problem definition.

I would want something that would
- allow lively discussion
- allow a permanent record to be kept
- not require face-to-face meetings
- not require everyone to be present at the same time

-- 
/ Lars Poulsen, SMTS Software Engineer
  CMC Rockwell  lars@CMC.COM