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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!haven.umd.edu!darwin.sura.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!eddie.mit.edu!news.kei.com!news.byu.edu!cwis.isu.edu!fcom.cc.utah.edu!cs.weber.edu!terry From: terry@cs.weber.edu (A Wizard of Earth C) Subject: Re: Digiboards and BSDI/386 Message-ID: <1993Jun15.020335.19545@fcom.cc.utah.edu> Sender: news@fcom.cc.utah.edu Organization: Weber State University (Ogden, UT) References: <1993Jun12.022844.7448@e2big.mko.dec.com> <1993Jun12.040132.18268@fcom.cc.utah.edu> <1993Jun12.092715.6266@spcvxb.spc.edu> Date: Tue, 15 Jun 93 02:03:35 GMT Lines: 31 I was responding to someone who wondered why the original complaint against posts to comp.os.386bsd.misc on BSDI issues were complained about... with that in mind: In article <1993Jun12.092715.6266@spcvxb.spc.edu> mauritz_c@spcvxb.spc.edu writes: >IBM is in business to make money too, but nobody seems to care >if I ask OS/2 questions on the net, rather than pay Big Blue's >support fees. I didn't realize that some of you guys were so >touchy about this issue. What is so evil about trying to make >a profit from one's labor? No problem at all, as long as the respondents to BSDI questioners realize they are saving BSDI the cost of a support call/message on their own mailing list by responding. I'm not saying asking questions is evil... I just want it perfectly clear who is benefitting. PS: Try asking OS/2 questions in comp.os.386bsd.misc or comp.unix.bsd as an experiment, and let me know if you get flamed. If BSDI wants their own heirarchy, the rules for newsgroup creation are clear. PPS: The newsgroup alt.os.bsdi exists; perhaps its low traffic is a result of improper procedure being followed in its creation? Terry Lambert terry@icarus.weber.edu --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.