Subject: Changes to "What is Usenet?"
Newsgroups: news.announce.newusers,news.admin.misc,news.answers
From: netannounce@deshaw.com (Mark Moraes)
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 1994 08:01:03 GMT

Archive-name: what-is-usenet/diff
Original-from: chip@tct.com (Chip Salzenberg)
Comment: edited until 5/93 by spaf@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)
Last-change: 19 July 1992 by spaf@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)

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  That doesn't mean you are without options.  Depending on the nature of
! your site, you may have some internal political recourse.  Or you
! might find external pressure helpful.  Or, with a minimal investment,
! you can get a feed of your own from somewhere else. Computers capable
! of taking Usenet feeds are down in the $500 range now, and
! UNIX-capable boxes are going for under $2000, and there are at least
! two UNIX lookalikes in the $100 price range.
  
  No matter what, though, appealing to "Usenet" won't help.  Even if
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  That doesn't mean you are without options.  Depending on the nature of
! your site, you may have some internal political recourse.  Or you might
! find external pressure helpful.  Or, with a minimal investment, you can
! get a feed of your own from somewhere else. Computers capable of taking
! Usenet feeds are down in the $500 range now, UNIX-capable boxes are going
! for under $2000 and there are several freely-redistributable UNIX-like
! operating systems (NetBSD, FreeBSD, 386BSD and Linux from ftp sites all
! around the world, complete with source code and all the software needed
! to run a Usenet site) and at least two commercial UNIX or UNIX-like
! systems in the $100 price range.
  
  No matter what, though, appealing to "Usenet" won't help.  Even if