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From: Terry Lambert <terry@cs.weber.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: Put the Cannons Away: Vote YES on newsgroup reformation.
Date: 13 Feb 1995 18:49:55 GMT
Organization: Utah Valley State College, Orem, Utah
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kaleb@fedora.x.org (Kaleb KEITHLEY) wrote:
] >In the spirit of "do something broken now and fix it later", the
] >simplest change is renaming "386bsd" to "bsd".
]
] You continue to disregard the simple fact that the Usenet cabal won't
] allow this. They simply will not allow comp.unix.bsd and comp.os.bsd
] to exist at the same time. Period. Call them stupid -- many have -- but
] I tried at the outset to get that and they declined to post the RFD
] until I did things their way.
And you continue to call it RFD (Request For "Discussion") and CFV
(Call For "Votes") in light of this?
Why even observe the trappings of democracy your "Cabal" supposedly
subverts?
Maybe Steve Jackson can include "The Usenet Cabal" in the next
release of the "Illuminati" game.
] >Yes, it's a stupid idea. Doing something broken thinking you can
] >fix it later (much like the 'comp.unix' heirarchy itself) always
] >*is* a stupid idea.
]
] Not necessarily. Sometimes it's better to do something, even if there
] are things wrong with it, than nothing, and I think this is one of those
] times.
"Never substitute activity for action" -- Seneca
Terry Lambert
terry@cs.weber.edu
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