Re: SSII (was Re: Some copyright info to think about

[toddpw@ugcs.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel)]

Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net> writes:

>     Could the Apple II world exist without a usenet newsgroup? I doubt
>it. We have no print publication of any size, most users depend upon a
>PC for net access, and most see no reason to spend money to subscribe to
>an on-line service. Without Csa2, there is no center.

Translation: most users who pay for a 'true' ISP see no reason to spend
_more_ money to be part of an online service.

For many people on on-line services, that service _is_ their ISP.

>     Apology accepted. Posts critical of Csa2 are not necessarily, in
>every case, "silly and narrow". Still, if you wish to 'turn over a new
>leaf' and embrace a wider perspective, that will be fine.

It is far more likely that usenet will be replaced by a truly workable form
of distributed on-line bulletin board service, than that on-line services
will die out because of customers jumping ship to usenet. Far more likely.

Todd Whitesel
toddpw @ ugcs.caltech.edu