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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: What usenet client are you using?
Date: 26 Feb 2015 14:03:59 GMT
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On 2015-02-26, sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 24 Feb 2015 22:03:24 +1300, Jamie Kahn Genet wrote:
>
>>
>> Or one can simply accept that Mac Usenet clients do not have a large
>> enough market to justify more than current development efforts and
>> developer remuneration. MacSOUP - for example - continues to be
>> maintained in bugfix mode (likewise a few others) for which I'm very
>> thankful (you're awesome Stefan!), and there are free open source GUI
>> and CL clients.
>> 
>> You seem to want a modern commercial Mac Usenet client without concern
>> for the reality of the market. I've said it before and I'll say it
>> again: you set yourself up for inevitable failure, and then couldn't
>> seem to handle it when the reality both hit home and was pointed out to
>> you.
>
> Can't Linux NNTP clients work on OSX?  I use Pan and I know of others.

Yes, "Linux" clients like slrn and pan work just fine in Mac OS X, since it
is Unix.

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