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From: rsalz@bbn.com (Rich Salz)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d
Subject: Re: SAO Part01/49
Message-ID: <1305@fig.bbn.com>
Date: 14 Dec 88 23:50:23 GMT
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In <5148@bsu-cs.UUCP> dhesi@bsu-cs.UUCP (Rahul Dhesi) writes:
>In article <7298@watcgl.waterloo.edu> awpaeth@watcgl.waterloo.edu (Alan Wm
>Paeth) writes:
>[explanation of why this big posting appeared on comp.sources.unix]
>
>I think if this explanation had been given in part 0 of the posting,
>there would have been fewer flames.  People are fairly reasonable if
>you explain why something is being done.

Bottom line:  It was posted because I thought it would be of enough
value.  Believe me, I know the propogation and cost of distribution
what I approve -- all it takes is one failed gateway and I get gazillions
of copies of everything... :-)

Alan's article made the SAO posting sound like a well-reasoned experiment,
with definite criteria to determine future behavior.  Nahh, it was just a
whim.  As I recall I said somethink like "Well, it's a little large, let's
see what happens."  I think I'm gonna be a little more gun-shy about large
postings.  Only problem is that I've already committed to a 60-parter...

The discussion here (and in my mailbox) has been very light.  In fact,
the distribution has 49 parts, and I've seen less than 49 articles about
it -- and that almost counts the private email I've gotten.  Surely this
is some kind of record for Usenet.

Netters who I've come in contact for comp.sources.unix have been almost
100% reasonable.  Certainly much more than I should expect, given the
the abuses that have gone on.  But one request:  if you'd like to know
my opinion on something, please ask me directly -- I tend to get
turned off by postings of the form "I feel that blah blah blah.  Rich?"
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