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From: conklin@frith.uucp (Terry Conklin)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: ESIX e-mailing list
Summary: ESIX mailing list/group great idea
Keywords: ESIX, time, help
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Date: 23 Sep 90 20:18:06 GMT
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If someone would start up an ESIX mailing list it would be great. It 
would be a big help for me.

Currently, because of the growing number of 386-based UNIX systems, this
newsgroup has gotten extremely busy - to the point I can't afford to
read it because of the time.

You can't use kill commands or anything here. People are constantly 
referencing 2 or 3 products in a posting. And if you search for ESIX as
a keyword you miss about a quarter of the relevant postings.

I'm also a little tired of the "great American melting-pot" theory of
newsgroups. Why do we screw everything up by HAVING newgroups? Clearly,
Usenet should be one, huge conference. Just _think_ of the value and
depth of the dicussion from all these people.

Apparently, there is a vocal community of netters who have nothing
better to do than read news all day. That's great, if you have the
option. I don't. And neither does anyone else I know. Let's keep the
facts up front: an interested party can always subscribe to a separate
mailing/group. You CAN'T get rid of unwanted postings. What's the point
of Usenet if people can't afford the time to participate?

Terry Conklin
conklin@egr.msu.edu
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