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From: nelson@kodak.UUCP (Bruce Nelson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: USENET -> GEnie uplink now working
Keywords: usenet,genie,gadgets,uplink,messages
Message-ID: <2239@kodak.UUCP>
Date: 21 Dec 89 18:17:08 GMT
References: <15097@well.UUCP> <935@crash.cts.com> <34975@grapevine.uucp>
Reply-To: nelson@kodak.UUCP (Bruce Nelson)
Organization: Eastman Kodak Co, Rochester, NY
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Several posters have said words to the effect "Is GEnie that tapped out that
they must raid USEnet?"

Ihe link wasn't GEnie's idea ... it was Dave Small's. And the idea was
dissemination of information. Not to financially reward GE or Dave Small,
or anyone else.

Oftentimes, the "Net's" postings are the best source of information on
some subjects. I believe Dave's only intent was to spread the wealth of
good, hard-to-otherwise-find, information with a segment of Atari ST
owners who would be otherwise unable to access the information.

There's a lot of legal mumbo-jumbo which at this point prevents a true
two-way link. Maybe someday in the future, the problem can be overcome.

But in the interests of keeping good information flowing to Atari owners
who aren't in a position to access the "Net", I don't see why we should
prevent them from reading our postings, wherever they may be able to
access them - here or on GEnie.

Standard disclaimers apply.
Bruce Nelson