Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!triceratops.cis.ohio-state.edu!karl From: karl@triceratops.cis.ohio-state.edu (Karl Kleinpaste) Newsgroups: news.software.b Subject: Re: suggested change for newsreaders Message-ID: Date: 13 Mar 89 19:47:24 GMT References: <2813776185@stearns.steinmetz.ge.com> <259@algor2.UUCP> <7289@vdsvax.steinmetz.ge.com> <2814479975@Stearns.Steinmetz> <11844@mailgw.cc.umich.edu> <13349@steinmetz.ge.com> <194@shadooby.cc.umich.edu> Sender: news@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu Organization: OSU Lines: 12 In-reply-to: wisner@shadooby.cc.umich.edu's message of 13 Mar 89 03:45:14 GMT wisner@shadooby.cc.umich.edu (Bill Wisner) writes: If you don't have rn, you're either not UNIX or not sane. Both groups are obviously highly undesirable and so should therefore be ignored. Phooey, Bill. There are things other than (and arguably better than) rn, including GNUS, Gnews, vn... We have rn, and an awful lot of users read news with it, but GNUS is gaining popularity at a high rate around here. Don't discount non-rn'ers just because you've got an attitude about it. --Karl