Xref: utzoo alt.folklore.computers:10573 comp.misc:11888 Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.misc Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!lavaca.uh.edu!menudo.uh.edu!nuchat!sugar!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: The Jargon File Re: Re: Re: Re: Respect Message-ID: Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC References: <1991Mar26.131840.2140@news.larc.nasa.gov> Date: Wed, 27 Mar 91 19:14:44 GMT In article <1991Mar26.131840.2140@news.larc.nasa.gov> jcburt@ipsun.larc.nasa.gov (John Burton) writes: > but there are a whole lot of people who DON'T want it that got it... The question needed here is whether the cost of sending it to comp.misc, over the whole net, was more than sending it to alt.something and then sending mailed copies to all the people who don't get alt.something. Given the number of people participating in this project, it's a reasonable assumption that this is the most cost-effective use of bandwidth... again, over the whole net. -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' peter@ferranti.com +1 713 274 5180. 'U` "Have you hugged your wolf today?"