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Subject: Agent isn't open source.
Date: 16 Feb 2025 12:39:23 GMT
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On Sun, 16 Feb 2025 04:10:14 -0500, Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> wrote in
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> rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
> 
>>> there are a finite number of known NNTP clients in the
>>> universe, Agent stands out among them.
>>
>>I won't even ask what makes it so spectacular. I've never used it and have 
>>no desire to. Pan does what I need. 
> 
> 
> Agent is a commercial app, fully featured, giving one a GUI interface
> to Usenet.  It allows me to efficiently, professionally deal with the
> NGs.

Riiiiight.

Let's take an example:  how many news servers can you configure
it to use? (I have three set up in Pan.)

Meanwhile, your "commercial app" isn't open source, and isn't
even being maintained anymore -- not for 10 years!  Booo!

Besides:  Gravity is better.

But all this is moot.  We might as well be discussing the
"one true ice cream".  Different people have different
preferences.  That's what makes Unix so nice: choice.

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