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From: campbell@maynard.BSW.COM (Larry Campbell)
Newsgroups: comp.society.futures
Subject: Re: Sammie's data
Message-ID: <1006@maynard.BSW.COM>
Date: Tue, 27-Oct-87 17:48:13 EST
Article-I.D.: maynard.1006
Posted: Tue Oct 27 17:48:13 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 30-Oct-87 06:15:28 EST
References: <8710220138.AA09366@bu-cs.BU.EDU> <8710220524.AA12093@bu-cs.BU.EDU> <425@nuchat.UUCP>
Reply-To: campbell@maynard.UUCP (Larry Campbell)
Organization: The Boston Software Works, Inc.
Lines: 19
Keywords: why?

In article <425@nuchat.UUCP> steve@nuchat.UUCP (Steve Nuchia) writes:

<>I've been amazed, sometimes _very_ amazed, at the kinds of people
<>who know absolutely nothing about electronic communications.  I'm
<>talking about ...   professionals in all
<>kinds of fields.  When the usenet comes up in conversation I usually
<>have a _lot_ of explaining to do.  The hardest part for them to
<>deal with is often not the technology but _why_ one would want to
<>exchange these notes.

Well, I am both a computer professional and a system and news
administrator, and I often find myself wondering why I spend the time
and effort on Usenet.  The actual value of the Usenet is, I think, highly
overrated.  It's an entertaining pastime, but it's not going to change
the world.
-- 
Larry Campbell                                The Boston Software Works, Inc.
Internet: campbell@maynard.bsw.com          120 Fulton Street, Boston MA 02109
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