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From: mhoffos@janus.mtroyal.ab.ca
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: System V/386 groff distribution
Message-ID: <1991Jan13.010710.4714@janus.mtroyal.ab.ca>
Date: 13 Jan 91 08:07:10 GMT
References: <6877@crash.cts.com>
Organization: Mount Royal College, Calgary, Alberta
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In article <6877@crash.cts.com>, jca@pnet01.cts.com (John C. Archambeau) writes:
> mauro@netcom.UUCP (Mauro DePalma) writes:
>> So far I received 3 mail messages which pretty much condemn my actions
>> and 7 which applaud them.
> 
> Make that four.
Add my vote to the applause.

> 
>> I know very well that it is expensive to receive news; I also cannot
>> individually e-mail this distribution. There was a need for it judging
>> from the number of articles posted asking for a 'working' groff
>>
>>   I knew that I wouldn't make everyone happy, I don't even try.
> 
> Instead of cluttering the discussion with it, you could have said it was
> available for anonymous ftp on a site.  That would have made a majority of the
> people here happy.
> 
>      // JCA
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Just as a matter of record, FTP sites are just about *non-existent* in Canada
(relative to the number of computer sites here; as an aside how many of you
know that Calgary has more computers/CPUs per capita than any other city in the
world?) due to the overwhelming costs in maintaining the lines etc.  Perhaps 
there should be a site that has both FTP and dial-in access (uunet is
prohibitively expensive for most human beings).

Mike Hoffos
--
mhoffos@janus.mtroyal.ab.ca
(MRC is a community college in Calgary)

Disclaimer:	Mount Royal College doesn't speak for me, and I *certainly*
		don't speak for them.