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I have nothing against GUE either, but I will not subscribe to it. Any list that has a business as its backing will surely push people to use and benefit the business. That just isn't me. At 05:26 PM 12/19/00 -0500, Steve wrote: >God, I hope not. Got nothing against GUE, and I suppose a lot of the folk >on (formerly on?) this list would love to have a DIR-only list, just so >everyone can agree and pat each other on the back (though I would thing >George would start to get antsy with so much the peace, love and harmony). >But I think the constant testing of the DIR principles, which has gone on >here on techdiver, as tedious as it often is, is very useful, in >examining, clarifying and promogulating those principles. > >Worse though, is that the net started out as a place for free and open >exchange of information, but is gradually being taken over by commercial >entities. The newsgroups and the lists are one of the last strongholds of >the original net spirit. Techdiver has been, for all its faults (and most >of those faults are a necessary, unavoidable byproduct of its virtues) the >prime site for discussion of techdiving issues. Allowing this dialogue to >move from a free open-to-all list to a paid, by-subscription-only one, >owned and controlled, and run as a commercial proposition by a single tech >agency/gear vendor, would be a backward step for the techdiving community >indeed, no matter how good that agency, or pure its motives. > >David wrote: > > > > >Most of the activity has moved to the GUE Quest list. It tone is a bit more > >normal and all DIR. > > > >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. "You can't learn to dive on the net, sooner or later you have to get in the water" Your Guide to Great Wreck Diving along the East Coast & more Web Site http://www.capt-jt.com/ Email captjt@mi*.co* -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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