Originally, I wrote e-mail in response to the latest posting saying
"You can't do that! This is FidoNet! Waaaaa!"  but since it's such a
frequently recurring problem, I thought I'd better post it so all the
little FidoPups can see it at once and thus save some bandwidth.

To: berk@techsys.mcws.fidonet.org
Subject: FidoNet Breeds Ignorance
Newsgroups: comp.os.coherent,comp.os.linux
In-Reply-To: <6u2ZuB8w165w@techsys.mcws.fidonet.org>
References: <921127868@ritz.mordor.com>

In <6u2ZuB8w165w@techsys.mcws.fidonet.org> you wrote:
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>'scuse me folks, but....  this is c.o.coherent - c.o.linux is down the 
>hall, to your right. 

        Evidently, you forgot to check your "Newsgroups:" line because
        you cross-posted to *both* comp.os.coherent *and* comp.os.linux.
        (You *do* know what "cross-posting" is, don't you???  Sheesh.)

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>whatever/however it is, coherent is it's own thing, and, IMHO, the best 
>bang for the buck of any commercial OS.  I have linux, coherent, SCO, 
>Concurrent, and AT&T.  I 
>This forum is for mw coherent postings, please.

        Editor troubles? 

        *THESE* (that's plural) NEWSGROUPS aren't "forums", nor "echoes".
                                ^^^^^^^^^^
                "Toto, I don't think we're in Kansas any more..."

        Welcome to the Usenet, Brian.  Perhaps you weren't aware of the
        fact that comp.os.linux and comp.os.coherent are Usenet Newsgroups,
        and that FidoNet merely taps into it.  They're neither FidoNet echoes
        nor are they Compu$erve forums, though they may be copied to such
        through gateways (like fidonet.org).

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>Flames >e-mail or /dev/null save bandwidth.

        Send the rest of your toilet-training, FidoNet policy packets
        to Mars for all I care.  (And if you don't get the implications
        of *that*, then you must be greener than a Brazilian tree frog.)

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>Berk Walker                           berk@techsys.mcws.fidonet.org

Rick Miller   <rick@ee.uwm.edu> | <rick@discus.mil.wi.us>   Ricxjo Muelisto
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