Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think!ames!pacbell!well!dsmall From: dsmall@well.UUCP (David Small) Newsgroups: news.misc Subject: Re: The Rape of Usenet Message-ID: <15254@well.UUCP> Date: 30 Dec 89 07:06:09 GMT References: <946@crash.cts.com> <1989Dec21.000041.6034@ns.network.com> <1989Dec21.020140.24067@athena.mit.edu> <6577@brspyr1.BRS.Com> <1989Dec23.004823.10957@world.std.com> Reply-To: dsmall@well.UUCP (David Small) Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link, Sausalito, CA Lines: 18 Genie's been informed of what I think are the reasonable needs of USENET if thereis going to be some link. But look, they're all on holiday. Can we table this until someone from Genie who can respond is back? Personally, I'm hoping they'll go for it. They aren't nearly as money-only minded as somehave made them out to be; they regularly try new and experimental RT's, for instance, that have little chance of making much money. The people I talk to there seem sane. By "reasonable needs" I mean 2-way, email, no copyright hassles. I'll let you know what happens, okay? And man, am I sorry for stirring up this fuss. I get the impression this has happened before, though ...:-) -- thanks, Dave / Gadgets