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From: billf@medicus.com (Bill Foote)
Subject: Re: UnirVersity: Translation Service
Message-ID: <1995Mar23.011150.20954@medicus.com>
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Date: Thu, 23 Mar 1995 01:11:50 GMT
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In article <3kjacp$jgj@News1.mcs.com> jim.fleming@bytes.com (Jim Fleming) writes:
>
>UnirVersity Students:
>
>Because some of you do not receive "comp.object", it looks like
>comp.lang.smalltalk is a good second home because C+@ and Smalltalk
>have almost identical features.

I know that I'm wasting my time by posting this, but I'll try anyway:

Since comp.lang.c+@ doesn't exist, why don't you just set up a mailing list
for your "UnirVersity" instead of spamming comp.object and comp.lang.smalltalk?
Realize that it is rude of you to post things that are clearly inappropriate
to the charter of the newsgroups to which you post (particularly
comp.lang.smalltalk), and your rudeness does more to alienate people than
it does to promote C+@.

Many newsgroups started this way:  While the subject was of fairly limited
interest (and the subscription count was correspondingly low), they existed
as mailing lists.  Once they reach a "critical mass" size, they become
newsgroups.

(BTW, to the readers of c.l.s and c.o:  Sorry for my part in yet another
 C+@ drivelfest.  I really hope that my posting will ultimately help cut
 down on this kind of stuff...  I know, Je reve (I'm dreaming) :-)
