Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!uunet!pcrat!rick From: rick@pcrat.UUCP (Rick Richardson) Newsgroups: news.groups,news.misc,news.stargate,news.sysadmin,news.admin Subject: Re: EndOfSourcesList+AnnouncementOfNetOmbudsman -- communication? Message-ID: <353@pcrat.UUCP> Date: Fri, 3-Jul-87 03:45:26 EDT Article-I.D.: pcrat.353 Posted: Fri Jul 3 03:45:26 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 4-Jul-87 11:03:40 EDT References: <266@brandx.rutgers.edu> <8225@utzoo.UUCP>, <272@brandx.rutgers.edu> <8235@utzoo.UUCP> Organization: PC Research, Inc., Tinton Falls, NJ Lines: 27 Keywords: solving the moderation bottleneck Summary: I can't stand this Xref: mnetor news.groups:1152 news.misc:670 news.stargate:219 news.sysadmin:264 news.admin:594 In article <8235@utzoo.UUCP>, henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) writes: > Alas, due > to some shortsighted actions, both by the backbone and by certain individuals > (notably you), the consensus that has kept Usenet running smoothly is > starting to break down. No, sorry Henry. I don't think you can blame the demise on any one individual or group. The net is going through another major growing pain. The size has gone critical. Hell, from one standpoint, I'd call utzoo a broken cog. The only reasonable argument I got against arbitrary newsgroup creation was that 16 bit machines can't hack lots of groups. In fact, the problem is really that 16 bit "BACKBONE" machines can't hack it. Leaf sites are only constrained by the groups they actually receive. So isn't it time that utzoo gave up that hallowed position? In fact, isn't it time to start the total phaseout of the backbone completely? UUNET can provide a total feed for about $200/month. Several UUNET's can supply the whole network with a new backbone. Let's move on. Forget Stargate. Nice name, lousy rules. Forget the backbone. Nice start, lousy rules. -- Rick Richardson, President, PC Research, Inc. (201) 542-3734 (voice, nights) OR (201) 834-1378 (voice, days) seismo!uunet!pcrat!rick