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From: Xorg@cup.portal.com (Peter Ted Szymonik)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: USENET -> GEnie uplink now working
Message-ID: <25375@cup.portal.com>
Date: 26 Dec 89 01:44:09 GMT
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The distinction between the Net and GEnie and other pay services goes far
beyond the price aspect.  Face it, there are things which you can get from
an on-line service which the Net does not provide (and never will due to
its structure.)  I don't mean to knock the Net, just to point out that it
is very different from other services.  I can get all the free news I want
from radio and television, but there is a reason why I BUY magazines like
The Economist.  Surely you would agree that all information is NOT free,
you get what you pay for.

Peter Szymonik
Xorg@cup.portal.com