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Subject: Re: net.nlang.spanish request
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Date: Fri, 30-Aug-85 13:09:00 EDT
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From sunil@ut-ngp in net.news.group

>From: rcj@burl.UUCP (Curtis Jackson) Message-ID: <819@burl.UUCP>
> 	Some large portion (?1/5?) of the world's people speak Spanish;
> all areas of interest involving them is MUCH too large for one newsgroup;
>> and all we'll get out of it is massive cross-postings to existing groups.
>> Where do you post a recipe for guacamole?  You post it to net.nlang.spanish
>> AND to net.cooks, of course.

>And what would be wrong with that?  Cross-postings do not take any additional
>disk space, so if a recipe is posted in net.cooks it is for those who are

WRONG!  In the notes world, they are stored as separate articles and
take up both disk space and user time (needed to recognize the article
and skip past it).  Since a fair percentage (25?) of the net uses
notes, this is not insignificant

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