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From: thad@cup.portal.com (Thad P Floryan)
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Subject: Re: comp.sys.amiga.questions
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Date: 31 Dec 89 02:44:12 GMT
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Re: all the hoopla re: splitting comp.sys.amiga, it seems at least one basic
fact of human nature is being totally ignored: people are lazy.  As any but
the most casual perusal of most newsgroups will show, responses quickly branch
off into other topics regardless of the "Subject:" line.

A *.hardware group will quickly receive software-(un)related issues, and
vice versa.

Additionally, I can see less technical content to be posted in the future due
to increasing plagiarism FOR MONEY of material posted to the Usenet.  This is
why I have stopped posting technical material to comp.sys.amiga; I'm getting
weary and more than pissed off at stuff appearing in rags such as "Amazing
Computing" and the "Transactor for the Amiga" without due credit being given.

Re:
	Here is where you're the most wrong.  Many people use rn, nn, etc.,
	"modern" newsreaders.  Some receive news as digests, some use old
	software, etc., and CANNOT easily ignore particular classes of articles.
	They must consciously dismiss every article they don't want to read.
	You might as well say "Let them eat cake!".

Tough.  A "modern" newsreader program doesn't have those problems.  And if
it's too difficult to flip through a digest at 19,200 (or higher) baud using
the space bar (or other key), then you have other problems which are NOT
relevant to the net in general.

Re:
	I've asked 3 or 4 times now: where is Eric Haberfellner;
	what is the latest version of HandShake, and have never received a
	reply.  This wouldn't happen in a smaller group.

If you're using his (Eric's) program, then select the "About ..." in the
"Project" menu and you'll see his phone number, his mailing address, and his
network connectivity; he's on BIX (NOT on Usenet),  he DOES answer his phone
(as I've spoken with him several times over the years), and he DOES receive
postal service mail delivered to his doorstep.

From all the whining I'm hearing, it appears to ME that you have some
personal problems that you're trying to get the "net" to fix for YOU.  If
you're reading news at 110 baud on a TTY ASR 33, then I can understand your
frustrations!  :-)

The ONLY split of comp.sys.amiga I can see that would be reasonable at this
time would be the addition of a "comp.unix.amix" in regards to CBM's soon to
be released SVR4 port for the '020 and '030 Amigas.

Thad Floryan [ thad@cup.portal.com (OR) ..!sun!portal!cup.portal.com!thad ]