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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Kieron Lawson
> Sent: Friday, 5 February 1999 20:11
> To: Multiple recipients of list offtopic
> Subject: Re: [DUG-OFFTOPIC]: Database
>
>
> Patrick Dunford wrote:
> >
> > I am quite sure it would be approved as well as being carried
> on lots of ISP
> > servers, thus visible to people, thus raising its profile.
> >
> Yep, certainly will raise the visibility.
>
> Just like comp.programming.delphi (or whatever it is) - newsgroups are
> filled with mindless drivel and pathetic religious wars over VB vs
> Delphi.
If the list remains auto-moderated as it is now then this will not happen.
> Personally I subscribe to DUG because it's a valuable resource with a
> high information to noise ratio compared to other sources. Raising the
> 'profile' of the group will only serve to drive the more experienced
> developers away because of the high levels of noise that are present in
> newsgroups.
Only in unmoderated groups.
> This discussion was initiated by a proposal to add ONE group to the list
> - [EMAIL PROTECTED] It doesn't need to be any more complex than
> that, for christs sake!
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