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From: mangoe@umcp-cs.UUCP (Charley Wingate)
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Subject: Existence of Usenet Inc.
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Date: Fri, 26-Sep-86 09:23:27 EDT
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Alan Wexelblat writes:
>> The facts are that we pay
>> the bills, so we get to decide what is worth spending OUR money on.

>And here Greg has hit the nail on the head.  It's golden-rule time, folks.
>Them that has the gold are making the rules.  Period.  End discussion.

>Y'see, Greg, what has annoyed Gene (and myself and others) is that when this
>"reorganization" first came out, it was presented under various beneficial
>guises.  Along with each disguise came a series of semi-relevant arguments
>(like about where net.motss or nrj belong).  Each of these disguises was
>ripped down by various "clever folk" for various reasons.
>And now we're down to what it's really all about.  The backbone SAs, by
>virtue of their $$ and position, are going to do as they damn well please.
>They don't have to be logical; they don't have to be consistent.  They don't
>have to justify themselves.  Criticizing them on these grounds is pointless.

While I am not as pessimistic about the SAs as this, in the essentials I am
in agreement.  Welcome to Usenet Inc.

C. Wingate