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From: linimon@killer.Dallas.TX.US (Mark Linimon)
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: Re: erstwhile backbone
Summary: my humble two cents' worth
Message-ID: <7610@killer.Dallas.TX.US>
Date: 22 Mar 89 05:00:15 GMT
References: <2914@looking.UUCP> <1581@etive.ed.ac.uk> <KARL.89Mar17113127@triceratops.cis.ohio-state.edu> <13744@rpp386.Dallas.TX.US>
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In article <KARL.89Mar17113127@triceratops.cis.ohio-state.edu>, karl@triceratops.cis.ohio-state.edu (Karl Kleinpaste) writes:
> ... I sent mail to what was once the `backbone,' asking
> for opinion of the whole affair, for related reasons of my own.  I got
> a positively stunning amount of raw, unadorned apathy - high quality,
> grade A, first order apathy.  Comments such as, "I don't give a $#!+
> what Brad does, as long as he keeps up the good work" and "Connect to
> anyone" were indicative of the sentiment.

There was not too long ago a great deal of negative sentiment unleashed
against the "backbone" for, as some people perceived it, overuse
of power.  So now they "don't get around much anymore," like the old
song says.  Under the circumstances, I myself can't really blame them.

(Aside to Karl: I'm not claiming you were one of the nay-sayers, I honestly
don't remember).

In article <13744@rpp386.Dallas.TX.US>, jfh@rpp386.Dallas.TX.US (John F. Haugh II) writes:

> Alt is a bloody mess.  Who wants to DO SOMETHING to clean it up?

Alt was created to be a non-controlled alternative to the regular
hierarchy.  IMHO it is _certainly_ _that_.

Mark Linimon
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disclaimer: I'm _sure_ no one shares _these_ opinions...