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From: ins_akaa@jhunix.UUCP (Ken Arromdee)
Newsgroups: net.followup,net.rumor,net.news.group
Subject: Re: The elimination of certain non-technical newsgroups by so called "powers-that-be"
Message-ID: <2697@jhunix.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 1-May-86 13:19:17 EDT
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Posted: Thu May  1 13:19:17 1986
Date-Received: Sun, 4-May-86 05:45:07 EDT
References: <588@jade.BERKELEY.EDU> <183@brl-sem.ARPA>
Reply-To: ins_akaa@jhunix.ARPA (Ken Arromdee)
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>In article <588@jade.BERKELEY.EDU>, michael@ucbiris.berkeley.edu (Tom Slone [(415)486-5954]) writes:
>> A rumor has been put out that certain so called "powers-that-be" in the
>> backbone-sites are deciding the fate of certain non-technical
>> newsgroups, either to eliminate them, or to give them a second class
>> status.  The discussion is taking place without the general knowledge
            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> of the USENET community.  It is being done in an attempt to reduce the
   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> ever increasing costs of USENET, particularly to these backbone-sites.

I apparently missed the original article that contained this quote, but I
would like to know some more details about this.  If true, it would seem
that the powers-that-be are hardly playing fair.
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Kenneth Arromdee                                               |      |
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