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From: tom@mims-iris.waterloo.edu (Tom Haapanen)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: FAQs
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Date: 31 Oct 90 14:04:49 GMT
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John W. Keating <keating@rex.cs.tulane.edu> writes:
>>   I too would like to thank Tom for compiling the most often asked
>>   questions.

Gee, thanks ...  <blush> ...  :)

> I, personally, don't think [FAQ newsgroup] would be that useful.  Most of
> the people who would ask such questions would likely not look there first
> for the answers.  The best bet (though it would increase bandwidth  :^(  )
> would be to just post the faq here on this list once a week.

I agree with John.  It's the same kind of situation as with newbies who
will post new-user questions on comp.unix.wizards just so that "people who
know" would see them.  A regular posting in the main newsgroup is the way
to go.

> The next step would be to find someone who would post it every weekend.
> (The person who wrote it?  Another sucke...  errr, volunteer?)

Well, I was thinking of volunteering the crontab on our Unix box, at least
for now.  I'll just have to set it up first...

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