Aadiron.115
net.misc
utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!duke!adiron!brent
Mon Mar 15 15:17:29 1982
RE: Astrological Digest (late comment)
I tried to send this note to eisx!ggw a couple of times and failed, and
decided to send it over the net.  This is in responce to a comment he made in
net.misc concerning putting the Astrological Digest on net.misc.  Maybe this
will promt some discussion (even though there were some flames about this a
few months ago).


To: duke!decvax!ucbvax!mhtsa!npois!eiss!eisx!ggw
Date: Sat Mar  6 09:54:38 1982

I strongly disagree with you.  Placing such things as the Astrological
Digest in net.misc not only irks me, and bugs me (because I really
don't care to see any of it), but it also endangers my use of the net.
Maybe if you are at college there is no real concern, but when you work
for a company there is usually a tighter control over where money is
being spent.  My company is small, and has alloted only a small amount
of money for the net (including long distance phone calls, overhead
expenses for accepting net news etc.)  When management sees the type of
stuff that flys accross the net (like the Astrological Digest), they
are much more inclined to get rid of the net, in which case we all
loose.  Also, because I am paid a salary, I don't really like wasting
my time (and my company's money) reading things that I know I'm not
going to be interested in.  That is why there are net groups.  net.misc
(as I understand it) is for short miscellaneous articles that have a
short life span (I do NOT consider 2 months a short life span).  It is
not a place for 164 line digest articles.  I, and I'm sure a number of
others in my situateion, would really appreciate it if you would send
your articles over net.astrology or some such.  Leave net.misc alone,
or at least leave it for its intended purpose.  Don't make us have to
loose the privelage of reading informative news over the net.

                               Brent Kornman.
                               (!ucbvax!decvax!duke!adiron!brent)

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