Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!helios.physics.utoronto.ca!ists!mike
From: mike@ists.ists.ca (Mike Clarkson)
Newsgroups: can.jobs
Subject: Re: This area
Keywords: commercial
Message-ID: <5597@ists.ists.ca>
Date: 28 Feb 90 01:22:55 GMT
References: <1960@oneb.UUCP> <5591@seac.UUCP>
Reply-To: mike@ists.ists.ca.ists.ca (Mike Clarkson)
Distribution: can
Organization: Institute for Space and Terrestrial Science
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In article <5591@seac.UUCP> wain@seac.UUCP (Wain Dobson) writes:
>Tell your cient to start his own net.  Glad you saw fit to suggest that 
>the agency restrain itself. Public funds and the good will of alot of people
>keep the net functional. 

Public Funds ?!?  From where?  The net is kept functional by major sites
(like ours) who pay the hefty phone and internet charges. We do this because
it is a valuable resource to our members, including those who have or are
seeking jobs.

>The net is not intended as a vehicle for
>commercial organizations either to gain competitive advantage or 
>to reduce operating costs. 

Nonsense. The desire to reduce operating costs is a major reason for having
usenet available to our systems programmers and researchers.  Reinventing
wheels is expensive.

>Even the mere suggestion of job postings
>posted by a commercial personnel agency running around "appropriate groups" 
>is enough to .... 

bring gentle applause from those who can use the information, and
understand the benefits to us all from the service.  That's why the
"appropriate groups" were created. 

Enuf said.

Mike.


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