Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!cmcl2!nrl-cmf!ames!mike
From: mike@ames.arpa (Mike Smithwick)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: The USENET Seal of Approval
Message-ID: <6370@ames.arpa>
Date: 23 Mar 88 20:52:54 GMT
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Reply-To: mike@ames.arc.nasa.gov.UUCP (Mike Smithwick)
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.
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Keywords: what's a USENET??

[just whatever became of the Commodore "LCD" anyway?]

After reading thru the stacks and stacks of postings regarding our
favorite net, and a seal-of-approval, one thought glommed onto my 
cortext like a Vulcan.nerve.pinch: how many amigazoids know what USENET
really is? Huh? Right now I'd expect a USENET SoA would be about as useful
as a label like 
  
"this software package has recieved the official Hilda Grimly Seal-of-Approval".

Big deal.

If this bird flies we should make some sort of effort at getting
pr for USENET in the common Amiga rags, and to the user's groups. Perhaps
C= might be willing to issue a press-release to that effect as well.
It would have to explain both about the Net, and list the criteria for
testing.

Also, it would be nice to get some agreements from the companies so they might 
be willing to ask our thoughts on packages before release. I know, that's
what Beta testers are supposed to be for, but from experiance, one really
needs both "average" users AND developer types to make a well-rounded
product.

The whole idea is good, but needs a little more of a foundation then 
originally conceived.


-- 
			   *** mike (Cyberpunk in training) smithwick ***
"live long and multi-task"
[discalimer : nope, I don't work for NASA, I take full blame for my ideas]