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From: doug-merritt@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Comp.sources.amiga
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Date: 2 May 88 21:03:08 GMT
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Kent recently pointed out that sources and docs do not belong
in this group. I'd have to agree.

He also says that discussions and design sessions (presumably like
IPC) should not occur on the net, but instead should take place via
email. I disagree for two reasons. 1) Email is extremely unreliable;
the "standard" figure (i.e. the one I hear the most) is that 40%
of replies get bounced. Seems higher to me; clearly it varies. And
2) I don't see anything in news.announce.newusers, nor in news.groups,
that supports this opinion. I agree that brevity is a great thing, but
I can't see how you could insist that it's the only thing.
Or at least, not without starting a long discussion! :-)

      Doug Merritt        ucbvax!sun.com!cup.portal.com!doug-merritt
                      or  ucbvax!eris!doug (doug@eris.berkeley.edu)
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