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From: mark@cbosgd.UUCP (Mark Horton)
Newsgroups: net.news.group,net.news.adm,net.sources.mac
Subject: net.sources.mac user/administrator poll
Message-ID: <1666@cbosgd.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 8-Dec-85 17:10:06 EST
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Posted: Sun Dec  8 17:10:06 1985
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There seems to be quite a controversy about net.sources.mac.  Many
people are defending it, pointing out how useful they find it.  Others
are worried about the high volume on the newsgroup and the high cost
to transmit files on it.  Since a similar group for amiga sources may
spring up soon, there is concern about setting a precedent.  There is
also the issue of source vs binary, which I won't address here.

Those calling for the removal of the newsgroup are probably making
the assumption that the MAC users are few in number compared to the
size of the network.  If this is true, it would be more economical
to have the MAC users directly connected.  But it's not clear if what
fraction of the net finds the mac groups useful.  This message is a
poll to find out that information.

If you are a reader of net.sources.mac and wish to continue to receive
it (or something similar, such as a moderated version) please reply
to this message and say so.  Also please include the name of the machine
you read net.sources.mac on, in the following format:
	Machine: foovax
This will allow a shell script to more easily process the replies.  Only
reply if you think net.sources.mac should continue.

If you are the netnews administrator of one or more machines, please reply
in any case.  Please include either the line
	Useful: foovax
or
	Useless: foovax
in your message - Useless means you believe that nobody on your machine finds
net.sources.mac useful; Useful means enough people on your machine find it
useful to justify the resources your site spends on the newsgroup (phone
bills, disk space, CPU time, private copies, whatever.)  If you are the
SA for more than one machine, you can include multiple lines in the reply,
one for each machine.  Of course, substitute your machine name for foovax;
votes for the machine "foovax" will be discarded.

If you are both the netnews administrator and a reader who likes the
newsgroup, please reply twice, once wearing each hat.

I will tally the results and report back to the net in a few weeks.

	Mark Horton
	cbosgd!mark
	mark@cbosgd.UUCP