Xref: utzoo comp.org.decus:788 comp.org.ieee:550 comp.org.sug:104 comp.org.uniforum:45 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!uunet!mcsun!corton!gouldfr!vogon!vogon!philip From: philip@vogon.cetia.fr (Philip Peake) Newsgroups: comp.org.decus,comp.org.eff,comp.org.ieee,comp.org.sug,comp.org.uniforum Subject: Re: Question for net.views column in UNIX Today! Message-ID: <1991Mar19.154854.1935@cetia.fr> Date: 19 Mar 91 15:48:54 GMT Article-I.D.: cetia.1991Mar19.154854.1935 References: <6560.9103091035@tsa.co.uk> Sender: news@cetia.fr (News Manager) Reply-To: philip@vogon.cetia.fr (Philip Peake) Organization: CETIA, France Lines: 18 In article <6560.9103091035@tsa.co.uk>, tsa.co.uk!domo@uunet.UU.NET (Dominic Dunlop) writes: |> In article <1991Mar01.185418.1066@utoday.com> you write: |> > Will user organizations ever be effective in steering open systems? |> > |> I should say that I'll never get to read the |> answer in UNIX Today!, as the controlled circulation application form |> that I filled out in the middle of last year elicited no response |> whatever. Clearly, your circulation department thinks that the answer |> to your question is, in my case, ``NO.'' I'm not in a position of |> sufficient influence even to merit receiving your paper. (Maybe I did |> the wrong thing by actually PAYING for air delivery of CSN until UNIX! |> Today er... inherited its worthwhile parts.) I had a similar response to my application - i.e. complete silence. If you ever manage to get onto the circulation list Dominic, maybe you can drop me an e-mail to tell me how you did it. Philip