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From: dennisg@pwcs.UUCP (Dennis Grittner)
Newsgroups: net.news.stargate
Subject: Re: Stargate Questions
Message-ID: <192@pwcs.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 10-Jul-86 12:48:08 EDT
Article-I.D.: pwcs.192
Posted: Thu Jul 10 12:48:08 1986
Date-Received: Sat, 12-Jul-86 03:24:49 EDT
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Reply-To: dennisg@pwcs.UUCP (Dennis Grittner)
Organization: City of St. Paul Public Works
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Well, I would like to ask a few question and mention a few minor
problems that my site has with the status of Stargate.

First, we are NOT Usenix members - the old $$ problem, but we
might be relatively soon so we have little access to information
about Stargate.

Second, we are relatively new to usenet etc. so or perspective is
somewhat limited - BUT WE LIKE IT ALOT.

The City of Saint Paul has this cable system here and the vendor
has some $$ that is set aside for certain 'demonstration
projects' and other things that the City might want and the
vendor might be able to resell ---- So I thought what about
Stargate! Might be possible for us to have the Cable operator
pick up the cost and thus do a service for the Unix community of
Minnesota, etc. To-date, I haven't been able to get ANY real info
about what costs might be involved for the 'blackbox', etc. I
can't really get them to go with a project that has an unknown
cost factor - if I could ever get them to go with this project
even with KNOWN costs. I realize that some negotiation must be
done, etc - but it would be nice if 'the rest of us' could be
given a SLIGHT idea of WHATEVER is going on.

Thanks to all who are doing anything to try and make usenet and
uucp better - I'm really NOT a griper I appreciate what all of
you might or are doing. I would appreciate any info from any
usenix board member(s) or anybody else who is 'involved'. It
might be nice if these responses could be posted to the net as
then everybody could read them BUT if the response would contain
any info that is 'touchy' or whatever I would appreciate
receiving it by E-Mail and I promise that it won't be reprinted
in the Wall Street Journal or anywhere else.

Again, thanks to all of you that are trying to make usenet
better!

Dennis Grittner			City of Saint Paul
Computer Services		Department of Public Works
612-298-4402			Room 700, 25 West 4th St.
				St. Paul, Minn. 55102

Disclaimer: My employer not only doesn't know what I do or why,
they are frightened by most of it!