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From: chip@tct.com (Chip Salzenberg)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.desqview
Subject: Re: Quarterdesk participation in Fido DV echo (was Re: DESQview/X)
Message-ID: <282C1C76.2013@tct.com>
Date: 11 May 91 16:31:49 GMT
References: <1991May08.171837.1549@xenitec.on.ca> <1991May8.222640.11129@herald.usask.ca>
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According to lowey@herald.usask.ca (Kevin Lowey):
>Less than a week later, I was blasted by someone who said he was the person
>who created the OS/2 newsgroup, and he wanted the gating stopped ... NOW.

Oh, posh.  There is no such thing as a newsgroup creator.  Maybe the
person in question ran the vote; if so, he has *no* special authority.

I would have ignored such a windbag.

>I suggest everyone drop the idea of combining the two groups together into
>one.  Instead, create a new newsgroup,  perhaps FIDO.DESQVIEW or ALT.DESQVIEW
>which is outside of Usenet control, and run the two conferences in parallel.

I really do like this idea, though.  It allows those who wish to avoid the
Fido traffic to do so easily.