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From: rcj@burl.UUCP (Curtis Jackson)
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: <1231@burl.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 4-May-86 13:09:00 EDT
Article-I.D.: burl.1231
Posted: Sun May  4 13:09:00 1986
Date-Received: Tue, 6-May-86 04:13:19 EDT
References: <588@jade.BERKELEY.EDU> <183@brl-sem.ARPA> <2697@jhunix.UUCP>
Reply-To: rcj@burl.UUCP (Curtis Jackson)
Organization: AT&T Technologies, Burlington NC
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Summary: 

In article <2697@jhunix.UUCP> ins_akaa@jhunix.ARPA (Ken Arromdee) writes:
>>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.

powers-that-be == folks-who-foot-the-big-phone-bills
so don't talk to me about "fair".

However, we (me being one of the lesser powers-what-be) are preparing
to air the finished proposal to the net for comments, suggestions,
enhancements, changes, whatever from the net at large.  Stay tuned
to net.news.group...
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