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From: billy@MIX.COM
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Subject: Re: Upcoming New Newsreader for the Mac: Signal
Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2014 06:58:42 +0000 (UTC)
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dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> wrote:

> A limited app that does a few things well that many people will like 
> and even more won't might be the way to go. Trust your own judgment of 
> how you would like to operate on usenet and forget everyone else. Work 
> with a rational and simple scheme and be prepared to not have many 
> like it. You might be surprised how good that can come to be seen and 
> how many converts it can bring. 

The best software is written by people who actually use it.

> What would be the simplest easiest to use newsreader that *you* would 
> want for yourself? Would it be an easier thing to make and cost less? 

Billy Y..
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