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Date: Fri, 25 Feb 94 15:52:48 CST
From: red AT crunch DOT usgmrl DOT ksu DOT edu (Rick Dempster)
To: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject: RE: Too many groups?

> 
>  > 
>  > 
>  > 
>  > Let's nip this newbie-bashing in the bud before it gets out of hand....  
>  > 
> No way!  Nuke all the newbies, I say!
> 
> There's only one thing i hate worse than having to read questions from
> idiotic beginners, and that's having to read really extended discussions
> about how to structure a newsgroup hierarchy in a mailing list dedicated to
> a specific compiler implementation.
> 
> (hint, hint.  :-)
> 
> paul
> ---------------------
>

I generally just read this group, but this grated my bones.

It is interesting that paul was never new to anything.  If he was ever a 
beginner he would know that beginners soon become experienced and start
to support other beginners and experienced users.  Since we don't all have
the same experience we use this media to share our individual expertis.
If we don't need this sharing we don't need any newsgroup or mail.  

Keep it as is or make a news group, I don't care. But don't cut off the 
future experts.

Rick Dempster
USGMRL


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