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From: jiro@shaman.com (Jiro Nakamura)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: BIX vs. Internet
Message-ID: <1991Jun19.014359.646@shaman.com>
Date: 19 Jun 91 01:43:59 GMT
References: <1991Jun18.150036.4198@GTEtele.com>
Sender: jiro@shaman.com (Jiro Nakamura)
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In article <1991Jun18.150036.4198@GTEtele.com> ken@GTEtele.com (Ken Swapp)  
writes:
> I am once again considering joining BIX, which is Byte magazine's conference
> system.  Can someone out in Netland provide any input on the value of BIX?
> I have heard it tends to be more mature and involves more professionals than
> college students.  Other than the yearly fee for BIX versus 'free' for
> students, I don't understand why this would be true.  

   I was a member of BIX for a year. It was OK.... The membership was
more adult than your local BBS's, so the noise/signal ratio was pretty
good. But even adults don't have *that* much to say.
   After a while, I let my subscription slide. I wasn't getting much
out of it. Downloading programs over a long-distance line isn't
my idea of fun, and I prefer reading paper over the VDT any day,
so I could just wait till the next issue of Byte for the news.
    All in all, it wasn't too bad. 

  
    - Jiro Nakamura
      jiro@shaman.com

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