Newsgroups: news.software.b Path: utzoo!henry From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) Subject: Re: Passing on unwanted groups Message-ID: <1990Aug24.204636.8619@zoo.toronto.edu> Organization: U of Toronto Zoology References: <1990Aug15.164651.26664@zoo.toronto.edu> <1990Aug21.161506.21784@zoo.toronto.edu> <3ND5KOC@xds13.ferranti.com> Date: Fri, 24 Aug 90 20:46:36 GMT In article <3ND5KOC@xds13.ferranti.com> peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) writes: >> Somehow I doubt this; B News didn't exactly hold your hand every step of >> the way either. > >It did a better job than C news. Really. C news is a far superior product >once you get it installed, but it's a pain to install and there are all >sorts of administration gotchas... Opinions vary on this. We've had no shortage of "went in fine, no problems" comments, and several comments that it's much more sysadmin-friendly (!). It may be that one's background makes a difference, with some things not being done the way some people are used to. -- Committees do harm merely by existing. | Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology -Freeman Dyson | henry@zoo.toronto.edu utzoo!henry