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From: gam@amdahl.UUCP
Newsgroups: alt.config
Subject: Re: On what basis are alt.* groups created? (Re: Moderation time? ...)
Message-ID: <13890@amdahl.amdahl.com>
Date: Tue, 8-Sep-87 15:10:24 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep  8 15:10:24 1987
Date-Received: Thu, 10-Sep-87 04:45:49 EDT
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Reply-To: gam@amdahl.amdahl.com (Gordon A. Moffett)
Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA
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In article <349@brandx.rutgers.edu> webber@brandx.rutgers.edu (Webber) writes:
>However, it is not clear to me that it does (or should) matter whether
>or not there is a ``need'' for such a group in order for it to be
>created in the alt.* groups.
>
>Can any one shead any light on the question of what constitutes
>``valid creation of an alt.* group?''

Oh, let us not back ourselves into the corner that the other network
did about how to creat newsgroups.

I think it should remain simple: a new newsgroup is created by Good
Judgement as to what is needed.  I analogize creating newsgroups to
creating directories: if they get used, great, if they don't they don't
take up much space anyway.  What's wrong with that?

Most importantly, the alt.* newsgroups have no controlling "backbone"
and never should have such a thing.  The backbone of the other
network has become corrupt by seeking to control how the network is
run.  Let that not happen here.
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Gordon A. Moffett                             gam@amdahl.amdahl.com

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