Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!usc!wuarchive!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!scotth From: scotth@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Scott Henderson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: For sale: -- GS system Message-ID: <1991Jan24.191417.10278@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: 24 Jan 91 19:14:17 GMT References: <7355297@ub.cc.umich.edu> Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Lines: 26 In article <7355297@ub.cc.umich.edu> Tabakal@UB.CC.UMICH.EDU writes: >Well, not really, but I figured that the people who ignore these >messages through a newsreader won't care, and the people whose blood >starts to boil when they see a "For Sale" subject header will. :-) > >There's been a lot of "For Sale" bashing lately, and it's wrong. >Just because half of this list reads it through comp.sys.apple2, >and has adequate access to usenet and the "For Sale" groups, it >doesn't address the needs of the other half of us (myself included) >who read it as info-apple. Remember, this group is supported by >Apple.Com, which does the message forwarding between usenet and >the Internet. I agree. If it weren't for far sale messages on comp.sys.apple2, I wouldn't have an Apple ][GS right now. I enjoy reading the for sale messages in this group. I feel that their is a broad range of discussion in this group. Those I don't care for can be killed. I'm glad I wasn't the only one bothered about the anti-For Sale on comp.sys.apple2 messages. -- = R. Scott Henderson = "Some people claim that there's a = = University of Illinois = woman to blame, but I know it's = = scotth@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu = my own damned fault. = = Apple II Forever! = -Jimmy Buffet =