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Au79 <au79@xxxxxxx> espoused:
> yttrx wrote:
>
>> Mark Kent <mark.kent@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>>> Au79 <au79@xxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>> flatfish+++ wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, 27 Jul 2006 18:00:52 -0700, Au79 wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> BTW, with all respect to Roy, I do believe that I have been posting
>>>>>> news stories worthy of the group before Roy... bout 5 years now;
>>>>>> however, he is far more prodigal.
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes you have been posting far longer than Roy.
>>>>> Also, your posts have honest and accurate subject lines and also tell
>>>>> both the good and the bad.
>>>>> Maybe that's why people haven't really complained about your posts.
>>>>
>>>> Please remember that this is "linux.advocacy" and, as the ng name
>>>> infers, people are encouraged to post any Linux related matter that may
>>>> be beneficial to the growth of OSS, in other words, to advocate. For
>>>> this reason, I don't see what all the fuss is about with regard to Roy's
>>>> posts.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I do - they're making this a high-traffic group with 80%+ on-topic
>>> postings; gary stewart/flatty and his ilk don't like this, as they're
>>> not the centre of attention, on topic-postings are instead.
>>>
>>
>> The problem is one of definition:
>>
>> Usenet is not a news aggregation service, no matter what you or
>> anyone else thinks, period, case closed, end of story.
>
> Usenet is anything the members have agreed to accept content-wise. If you
> take all the posters that frequent COLA, and the majority decided to be ok
> with newsposts, then by way of democracy, they have voiced their
> preference, and thus the functional definition for the group.
>
> I guess that's why its called "Newsgroups".
The charter for this group is clear, and Roy's postings are 100%
on-topic, and indeed, very very useful for me, too. Relevant news in
the newsgroups - excellent!
>
>> -----yttrx
>
> who?
>
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