From: Ryan Davis <ryand-ruby@...>
Date: 2009-06-06T18:05:57+09:00
Subject: Re: SPAM from Usenet


On Jun 5, 2009, at 16:19 , James Gray wrote:

> The gateway has been around for many years.  It joins the two  
> communities as one.
>
> I imagine that was more important in the past when there were a much  
> smaller number of people on both sides.  Still, I know some of our  
> Usenet friends very well by now and would really miss their posts.

I think it is an unfair assumption that we'll lose those people's  
posts to the list if we drop the gateway. (most) People are adaptable.