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From: bbh@whizz.uucp (Bud Hovell)
Newsgroups: news.misc
Subject: Re: What is the Spirit of Usenet?
Summary: .....right on, Brad....
Message-ID: <573@whizz.uucp>
Date: 20 Mar 89 04:35:21 GMT
References: <2940@looking.UUCP>
Organization: Overture Systems Corp - Lake Oswego, Oregon
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In article <2940@looking.UUCP>, brad@looking.UUCP (Brad Templeton) writes:
> (This discussion belongs in news.misc)
> 
> Many people recently have talked about something they call the
> "Spirit of Usenet."  What does this mean, other than, "The way I
> think USENET should be run"?
> <deleted>
> Usenet is built by people who *do*, not by people who argue endlessly
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I suspect this is very close to the nub of the matter, Brad. Good job.
 
                                 Bud Hovell

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