Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watnot!watmath!clyde!cbatt!osu-eddie!mdf From: mdf@osu-eddie.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp,news.admin Subject: Re: Scary Thought ... Message-ID: <3290@osu-eddie.UUCP> Date: Thu, 5-Mar-87 22:33:43 EST Article-I.D.: osu-eddi.3290 Posted: Thu Mar 5 22:33:43 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 7-Mar-87 04:25:35 EST References: <919@smeagol.JPL.NASA.GOV> Reply-To: mdf@osu-eddie.UUCP (Mark D. Freeman) Organization: InfoSolv Corporation; Columbus, OH. (guest of Ohio State U.) Lines: 32 Xref: utgpu comp.mail.uucp:302 news.admin:197 In <919@smeagol.JPL.NASA.GOV> earle@smeagol.JPL.NASA.GOV (Greg Earle) writes: >Seems like we have enough sites as it is >without suddenly being deluged with a million PC-DOS machines suddenly >clamoring to be part of Usenet. From both an administrative and logistical >viewpoint, it seems to me like this could present a problem of major >magnitude if everyone and his mother jumps on the bandwagon and starts running >these programs and announcing themselves to news.newsite. There are many people who wish to access the net, whose employer is on the net but does not allow reading new and dealing with personal mail on company time. I can see that some of these people may find a solution in putting their home machine on the net. The only real hassle involved is for the site feeding them. I don't see how this is an issue that effects the net at large. I am lucky enough to have a guest account at a University to get around not having access to the net through my employer (we are working on it). Many people are not as lucky. While it is far more efficient to have one site feeding many users via accounts rather than uucp, it really is an issue for that one site, not the net.gods. Just my personal opinion... -- < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < <> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Mark D. Freeman mdf@osu-eddie.uucp InfoSolv Corporation mdf@Ohio-State.arpa 6099 Riverside Drive ...!cbosgd!osu-eddie!mdf Dublin, OH 43017 Guest account at The Ohio State University (614) 761-8444 < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < <> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >