Date: Mon, 17 Mar 1997 21:31:05 -0500 (EST)
From: Paul W Brannan <brannanp AT musc DOT edu>
To: James Fudge <jfudge AT adams DOT berk DOT net>
cc: opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net
Subject: Re: [opendos] Why a Newsgroup?
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> > I'll tell you why:  So I can skip past the BS posts I keep getting in my
> > mailbox!  I don't care about tiny bits of code, or what ifs, wishlists. 

Amen!

> > I subscribed because I was interested in USING OpenDOS.  It seems that

Amen!

> > At least with a Newsgroup, I can pick and choose what to download and
> > when.  BTW, THIS IS NOT A LINUX MAILING LIST!

Amen!

> Scott, with all due respect to you, most of the discussion you speak of has
> to do

Sorry to say, I think it is more like 50%.  Or maybe 25%.  I don't want to
insult anyone, but what about that poem that was posted a while back?  And
these URL's that people stick in their signatures?  And the AOL-style "me
too's" that people keep posting?  Not everyone does that, and I
participate in it myself every now and then.  But it gets kind of annoying
when I just leave my computer for one weekend and I have 283 messages in
my inbox.

> with the source code, and what some of us would like to do with it/ seen
> done with it.

Amen!

>  at least we aren't fighting over wether linux can beta opendos or wether
> linus could could beat up bill gates =]

Amen!

>  please don't insult us for having some ideas.

And pleas don't insult those of us who don't have time to listen to
everybody's ideas.

Paul