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Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 21:32:50 +0100
From: raphael <raphael AT oninet DOT pt>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: Moving cygwin discussions to Usenet? (e.g., alt.os.cygwin)
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On Mon, Sep 30, 2002 at 04:02:39PM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 30, 2002 at 11:54:56AM -0700, Eduardo Chappa wrote:
> >*** Michael A Chase (mchase AT ix DOT netcom DOT com) wrote today:
> >
> >:) On Mon, 30 Sep 2002 10:48:42 -0700 (PDT) Eduardo Chappa
> >:) <chappa AT math DOT washington DOT edu> wrote:
> >:)
> >:) > For these reasons, I completely support the idea of creating an
> >:) > independent newsgroup.
> >:)
> >:) So file the proposal.
> >
> >Sure, I can do that, but what do the people at redhat think about that?.
> >Do they oppose, don't mind, agree?.
>=20
> I think it's a stupid idea.  The idea of a bunch of ignorant people
> asking each other how to do things that only marginally relate to cygwin
> is certainly not a newsgroup that I want be anywhere near.  However, my
> opinion doesn't really matter.  Go ahead, create a mailing list.  I
> won't be reading it.  Maybe somebody clueful will join.
>=20
> At least you won't have to deal with me saying that things are off-topic.
> At least until the first time that someone cross-posts a "how does bash
> work" message between the two lists.
=20
If this list would have halve the atitude as you will find on the pine
list, where Eduardo btw is doing great work, then this problem might not
even exist.
--=20
James Joyce -- an essentially private man who wished his total
indifference to public notice to be universally recognized.
		-- Tom Stoppard

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