Subj : Newsgroups?
To   : Ross Cassell
From : Al Robres
Date : Mon Jul 23 2001 02:21 pm

 -=> Quoting Ross Cassell to Al Robres <=-

 RC> So lets open up 2 Walmarts side by side..

 Technically, we just might have 2 Walmarts or a Kmart side by side.
 The real winners are the customers who have a choice ;=)
 
 RC> A little more prudence should be exercised when doing the gating
 RC> thing... I am all for Operating System newsgroups being imported and
 RC> that is the case, thanks to the efforts of both Dale Ross and Sean
 RC> Rima. 
 
 The leaf node sysop can now do what use to be done by only a select few,
 remember Gigo.
 
 RC> However supplanting Fidonet style for Internet style, I just dont
 RC> know. 
 
 It's not too tough with programs like IREX or Newsgate.
 
 RC> Smothering Quality with quantity is not a good thing, and if nothing
 RC> from Fidonet is put back in, welp.

 No doubt a lot of newsgroups are lacking quality and can be over kill
 in quantity and or spam. But not all echoes in Fido are pure in content
 either.
 
 I create no harm to anyone in Fido and yet make it as simple as just
 allowing a downlink to areafix the newsgroup like an echo with the same
 automation to switch it on and off.
 
 If I am not happy with an echo, I'll just un-areafix it. Same holds true
 if I get bored with a newsgroup. They too can be pass thrus here <g>
 
 Just think of Baskin-Robbins only having one favor. How boring would
 that be <g>
 
 Al
   

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