Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!zodiac!jtn From: jtn@zodiac.ADS.COM (John Nelson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: Cooperation Message-ID: <7515@zodiac.UUCP> Date: 11 Apr 89 02:04:37 GMT References: <16913@obiwan.mips.COM> Sender: news@zodiac.UUCP Reply-To: jtn@ads.com (John Nelson) Distribution: usa Organization: Advanced Decision Systems, Mt. View, CA (415) 960-7300 Lines: 27 >Depends upon what you mean. The UUCP map database shows that they >have UUCP connections with adobe and pixar, but neither of those >entries claims a news exchange. They're on CSnet for internet mail, >but nothing answers the phone at (what would be) their NNTP socket. >You can get mail in and out, but it's a fair bet that nobody reads >news on any machines inside NeXT. Hmmmm... they have Suns within NeXT and at least one UUCP connection yet they don't participate via news or mail (I notice that one NeXT person uses an account on another non-NeXT machine). This is a mistake on NeXT's part. Usenet and the Internet comprise the largest base of Unix technical and support expertise anywhere. NeXT should both derive benefit from this technical base as well as participate. It's much too insular to "lurk" from the shadows, even if you are receptive to outside ideas. But then NeXT has other things to do... like get their software out of the pre-release stages. Nonetheless, a concerted effort on NeXT's part to join the user community and participate would tell me that they're serious about developing a machine for the community at large. Sine Visa Ars Nihil Est - John T. Nelson