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From: phil@amdcad.UUCP (Phil Ngai)
Newsgroups: net.news.group
Subject: Re: Is net.sources beyond hope?
Message-ID: <9364@amdcad.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 9-Feb-86 22:44:30 EST
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Posted: Sun Feb  9 22:44:30 1986
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Reply-To: phil@amdcad.UUCP (Phil Ngai)
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In article <503@hoptoad.uucp> laura@hoptoad.uucp (Laura Creighton) writes:
>In article <9283@amdcad.UUCP> phil@amdcad.UUCP (Phil Ngai) writes:
>>What are you talking about? What benefit does net.sources provide
>>over mod.sources for sites with enough commitment to the net to
>>run current software?
>
>I *have* current software (2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta).  This morning 
>John Gilmore tried to post a followup (using the followup command in
>vnews) to mod.computers.workstations answering somebody's question
>about workstations.  It dropped on the floor. 

There are certainly problems with some mod groups. However, it is not
sensible to lump all the problems together in one group.
mod.computers.workstations (may Erik Fair have to type that 10,000
times) for example, is gatewayed from an Internet mailing list and all
the bugs associated with that don't seem to have been worked out.

Mod.sources is different. It is a real USENET group which originates
from a USENET site. No funny Internet stuff to deal with.

My proposal is to kill net.sources. Let's stick to the question of
whether there are any major problems with mod.sources if people
care enough about their news to run current software.
-- 
 Real men don't have answering machines.

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