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From: lange@lanai.cs.ucla.edu (Trent Lange)
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Subject: Re: oh ghod NeXT time.....
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Date: 12 Feb 91 02:03:08 GMT
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In article <44022@ut-emx.uucp> awessels@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Allen Wessels) writes:
>
>Well, gee, how sensitive.  I read a LOT of groups, and if I wanted information
>about the NeXT, I'd read that group.  What is the point of separate groups if 
>some people think that what they have to say transcends group boundaries?

What if somebody wants information on how Macs and NeXT machines compare?
Wouldn't you say that that "transcends group boundaries"?

You don't want to know?  Fine, put the word "NeXT" in your kill file.  Or
just skip those postings.  Lord knows there's enough drivel in this
newsgroup that a few postings comparing the Mac to the NeXT or Amigas
or whatever shouldn't make much of a difference.

And to some people it's useful information, as sharing of ideas usually is.

>You may actually be doing somebody a favor by posting this informatio here, BUT
>I guarantee you are also alienating people who might otherwise be recommending
>NeXT machines.

Oh, very nice.  "The NeXT is a great machine, but a couple of guys annoyed
me by posting about it in the wrong newsgroup, so don't buy it."

That's a great way to go about forming your recommendations.

- Trent Lange

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