Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!uunet!know!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!ohstpy!miavx1!miamiu!jahayes From: JAHAYES@MIAMIU.BITNET Newsgroups: bionet.general Subject: Re: What/who is bionet Message-ID: <90264.112916JAHAYES@MIAMIU.BITNET> Date: 21 Sep 90 16:29:16 GMT References: <26EF7F5C.17114@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca> <11731@pucc.Princeton.EDU> Organization: Miami University - Academic Computer Service Lines: 21 I have to agree that the traffic in these groups, especially in the one most closely allied to my interests (.population-bio) is appallingly slow. I suspect this is due to the lack of overlap between the "net-world" and the "science-world" for most workers in my field. Those who are, like me, conversant both with models of gene flow and how to get on the .net are, I fear, few and far between. One sign of hope here, however, is that we now have the entire Zoology Department hooked up to the backbone via the macs in every office. People still have to figure out what prayers to say to the IBM to get on the net, but it's a start, and there seems to be some enthusiasm for the project. I say, give it time. The fact that the bionet.groups exist will draw new users as net-use among professional scientists becomes a necessity. (But I DO wish I had gotten at least ONE answer to the query I posted several months ago on pop-bio....:-| ) Josh Hayes, Zoology Department, Miami University, Oxford OH 45056 voice: 513-529-1679 fax: 513-529-6900 jahayes@miamiu.bitnet, or jahayes@miamiu.acs.muohio.edu And what do you think you'll do, all alone with an old fish?