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From: mjs@eagle.UUCP (M.J.Shannon)
Newsgroups: net.news.stargate
Subject: Re: Stargate Deployment: possibilities
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Date: Fri, 25-Jan-85 16:14:01 EST
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Tim Maroney writes of the `deployment' of Stargate in the referenced article.
Unless I've missed some very important messages in this newsgroup, my
understanding is that the entire Stargate project is an *experiment*.  It is
not intended to replace the existing net *until and unless* the experiment
proves to be successful.  I think we should concern ourselves with giving
the experiment a fair shot before we condemn it outright, or claim that it
shold replace USENET as we now know it.  Yes, it has some very ambitious
goals, and to my mind, that only emphasizes the importance of making sure
that those who claim it can't work before the fact, as well as those who
claim it is the `ultimate' solution to the net's current problems before
the fact should temper their arguments with the knowledge that it is merely
an experiment.  I am truly amazed at the quantity of baseless flaming (both
pro and con) this discussion has prompted, and I hope that those responsible
for that flaming will soon come to realize that Stargate is *not* going to
take their `right to post' away; nor is it going to meet any of its goals --
UNLESS we all give the experiment its right to life.
-- 
	Marty Shannon
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