Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!uunet!math.fu-berlin.de!unido!rwthinf!slcdec!hippo!f1.n6000.z2.fidonet.org!f241.n260.z1.fidonet.org!Paul_King
From: Paul_King@f241.n260.z1.fidonet.org (Paul King)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms.programmer
Subject: Stop the gate!
Message-ID: <1306861962@f241.n260.z1.fidonet.org>
Date: 31 May 91 16:12:00 GMT
References: <675477488@f521.n281.z2.fidonet.org>
Reply-To: Paul_King%f241.n260.z1@hippo.dfv.rwth-aachen.de (Paul King)
Organization: We will release no software before its time
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Comment-To: jeroen_pluimers@f1.n6000.z2.fidonet.org (Jeroen Pluimers)


 jp->  PK>         Please hunt down and kill the person(s) who are gating the
 jp->  PK> Fidonet Windows.Prog echo to/from the UUCP newsgroup

....

 jp-> Hey why? It's very nice to read the UUCP feed here... most
 jp-> messages are on a high level, just as the aim of this
 jp-> area!

There are a couple of reasons.  First and foremost, it is duplicate 
information.  My system, as well as others in my area have both areas offered 
to users.  Right now, I have two similar areas with the same messages in them.  
This is a waste of hard drive space.

I'm not against gating the newsgroup to fidonet, just against someone dumping 
those messages in this area.  If someone in Fidonet wants to dump newsgroups 
into an echo, let them start a new echo for it.  My users and myself both enjoy 
being able to relate on different levels.  The newsgroups from UUCP are great 
for advanced users, however, fidonet is good for new users.

If you just think about this, it will make sense to you.

Thanks!  
 
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