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From: stevo@jane.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Steve Groom)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Telebit modems (really prod support)
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Date: 12 Jan 88 01:21:51 GMT
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Reply-To: stevo@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov (Steve Groom)
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Summary: well in that case, why not comp.dcom.modems.telebit?

I am beginning to get the feel that the USENET community does not
really mind the use (I didn't say "abuse") of USENET for product
support purposes, at least to a reasonable degree.  I agree.  Hey, Sun
does it, Apollo does it, and Commodore (Amiga) does it, to name only a
few.

(This is not intended to be finger-pointing, merely an opinion based on
personal observation.)

Anyway, why not just create a comp.dcom.modems.telebit and let sites
propogate it if they feel like it.  That's pretty much the way
everything else works around USENET, isn't it?  I mean, people don't
propogate groups which they don't find useful.  I think a precendent is
already being set by the community tolerating things the way they are
now.  Yes, I know that minor offenses sometimes are permissible until
the Big Bust, at which time everyone gets shut down.  But as long as
things are kept to a reasonable level, I think there shouldn't be any
problem.  And if there is a problem, we just rmgoup it.

BTW, I would also like to say that I too think that Telebit approached
this in the right way, and I wish that more companies would be as
responsible.

-steve

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